from Religion Media Centre
There is growing speculation over the appointment of the next Archbishop of Canterbury. The Crown Nominations Commission, a group of 17 people who will select a candidate for the King to approve and Downing Street to announce, promised to make their choice by the end of September.
We have heard the final interviews are early this week. Cathy Newman, at Channel 4 news, has been told the person will, for the first time, probably be a woman. She speculates that the Bishop of Gloucester Rachel Treweek is a possible front runner because she failed to host a major conference last week, without explanation.
The most frequently discussed candidates are the Bishops of London, Chelmsford and Bath & Wells. Lord Richard Harries, former Bishop of Oxford, told the Sunday programme on BBC Radio 4, that he knew the last seven Archbishops of Canterbury and he hoped a woman would be appointed this time.