What does the Archbishop of Canterbury do? Justin Welby holds the highest role in the Church of England and he is regarded as the nation’s leading spiritual voice. The archbishop is known as the ...

The Church of England is on the search for the 106th archbishop of Canterbury. The role had been held for more than a decade by Justin Welby, until his resignation over failures in handling a ...

The search is under way for a new archbishop of Canterbury. Here, the PA news agency takes a look at how the process works: – What is the role and why is it vacant? The archbishop of Canterbury is ...

The Archbishop is seen as the spiritual leader of 85 million Anglicans worldwide, with their official residence at Lambeth ...

The role of Archbishop of Canterbury could lose its ... by the Anglican churches of the United States, Canada and Scotland, which they say contradicts scripture and historic Christian teaching.

Mr Welby, who replaced Rowan Williams as Archbishop of Canterbury in 2013, announced his resignation in November after an independent review found he "could and should" have reported decades ...

Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell is due to temporarily take charge of the Church of England from 6 January following the resignation of Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, who quit over ...

Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell is set to take temporary charge of the Church of England (Jonathan Brady/PA) As Archbishop of York for the past four years, Stephen Cottrell has been the Church ...

The Church has been plagued by scandal, with revelations of safeguarding failures which led to the resignation of the ...