The Very Reverend Hewlett Johnson 1874-1966

Dean of Manchester and later Dean of Canterbury, Hewlett Johnson was given the nickname "The Red Dean of Canterbury" due to his unyielding support of the Soviet Union.

"Stalin was a rough and stern man," mused the Dean. "But God's eye is a big eye and sees everything, good and bad. To know all is to forgive all, so I think that, from heaven's point of view, Stalin is safe." Just out of curiosity, did the Dean see anything amiss in the Soviet encyclopaedia's devoting 78 lines to the Red Dean, only eight to Christ? "Well, you see, I'm alive, and Christ isn't, so it's only natural"