Thursday, November 8, 2012

Bishop John Welby to Become Abp. of Canterbury; Replaces Rowan Williams to Head 77M Anglicans

The Right Rev. Justin Welby -- the Bishop of Durham, England -- will be soon unveiled as the next Archbishop of Canterbury, the Christian Post website reports exclusively today (November 8, 2012). Downing Street in London said that it expects an official announcement to be made soon.

Welby, 56 -- an Old Etonian (Eton College graduate) and former businessman in the oil industry -- will succeed Dr. Rowan Williams, 62, who will step down on December 31, 2012 to teach religion at Cambridge University. Dr. Williams served as Archbishop of Canterbury for the past 10 years.

Welby is known to support the biblical definition of marriage as between one man and one woman; he is against same-sex marriage; and he is opposed to homosexuals serving as bishops.

Theologically, he has been described by Britain's "The Telegraph" newspaper as "unashamedly part of the evangelical tradition, upholding a more traditional and conservative interpretation of the Bible than some in the Church of England." As Archbishop of Canterbury, Welby will be the leader of the world's 77 million Anglican Christians.

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