Bishop Usher puts himself out of running to be the next Archbishop of Canterbury
The Bishop of Norwich, the Rt Revd Graham Usher
The Bishop of Norwich, the Rt Revd Graham Usher
THE Bishop of Norwich, the Rt Revd Graham Usher, has been elected by the House of Bishops to be the Canterbury Province’s episcopal member of the Crown Nominations Commission (CNC), it was announced on Wednesday.
As a member of the CNC, Bishop Usher puts himself out of the running as the next Archbishop of Canterbury. The Archbishop of York will also sit on the CNC. Had he chosen not to, another bishop from the Province of York would have been elected to take his place.
The remaining membership of the CNC — including representatives of the diocese of Canterbury and the Anglican Communion — would be announced in early April, a Church House spokesperson said.
It is expected that the CNC will convene for its first meeting in May, and that at least two further meetings will take place in July and September. It is hoped that a new Archbishop of Canterbury will be announced in autumn.
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