High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! George Leonard Carey, Baron Carey of Clifton, PC, FRSA, FKC (born 13 November 1935) is a former Archbishop of Canterbury, holding the office from 1991 to 2002. During his time as archbishop the Church of England ordained its first women priests and the debate over attitudes to homosexuality became more prominent, especially at the 1998 Lambeth Conference of Anglican bishops.