Born 15 June 1913, Bedford, England, Trevor Huddleston was educated at Lancing College; Christ Church, Oxford (BA 1934); and Wells Theological College. He was ordained as a priest in 1937. He joined the Community of the Resurrection in 1939, a monastic community within the Church of England; he was professed in 1941 taking the vows of poverty, chastity and obedience. In 1943 Father Huddleston was sent by the Community of the Resurrection to South Africa, where he was made Priest-in-Charge of the …showed first 75 words of 534 total…

…showed last 75 words of 534 total…Apartheid Movement. In 1983 he retired as Archbishop and, after a short visit to Tanzania, came back to London and fully into the work of the Anti-Apartheid Movement. At this time he also succeeded the late Cannon John Collins as the Chairman of the Trustees of the International Defence and Aid Fund for Southern Africa. Archbishop Huddleston has been at the forefront of the Anti-Apartheid Movement in Britain and internationally, especially since his return from Mauritius.