A priest is set to retire after years of service in a Southside parish. Provost Peter Gallacher has been permitted to retire as parish priest of Christ the King, found on Carmunock Road. Father Tom ...

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, the head of the Church of England, resigned on Tuesday amid the fallout from a long-running sexual abuse scandal. Mr Welby stepped down after an independent ...

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

What is the role and why is it vacant? The archbishop of Canterbury is senior bishop of the Church of England, Primate of All England and spiritual leader of the worldwide Anglican Communion.

The Church’s parliament is meeting for five days this week following a turbulent few months for its leadership.

The public is being given the chance to suggest who should be the next Archbishop of Canterbury, replacing Justin Welby, who resigned after a report found the Church of England covered up sexual ...

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 ...