The Bishop of Bradford, the Right Reverend Nick Baines, has been named as being among a list of possible candidates to succeed Dr Rowan Williams as Archbishop of Canterbury and spiritual leader of the 77 million-strong Anglican Communion.
The Crown Nominations Commission yesterday started a three-day meeting at a secret location in an effort to find a successor to Dr Williams, who is stepping down after a decade in office.
The commission, chaired by former Conservative arts minister Lord Luce, has to submit the name of a preferred candidate and a second appointable candidate as Archbishop of Canterbury to Prime Minister David Cameron.
No clear front-runner for the post appears to have emerged, with a number of senior figures said to be possible contenders including the Rt Rev Baines, the Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, the Bishop of London, the Rt Rev Richard Chartres, the Bishop of Liverpool, the Rt Rev James Jones and the Bishop of Norwich, the Rt Rev Graham James.
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