Justin Welby has resigned, could the next Archbishop of Canterbury be a woman?

Woman Alive deputy editor, Jemimah Wright, considers what we know about four of the female bishops who could step into Justin Welby’s role as Archbishop of Canterbury.

As reported by Premier Christian News, the Most Rev Justin Welby has resigned his position as the 105th Archbishop of Canterbury after a report into a prolific child abuser led to accusations of a Church of England cover-up.

Archbishop Justin said he: “must take personal and institutional responsibility” over his inaction related to the abuse at the hands of Iwerne Christian camp leader John Smyth. 

So the question is, as he steps down, who will take his place, and after 1,400 years and 105 men, will it be a woman?