{"id":17855,"date":"2012-11-06T22:49:41","date_gmt":"2012-11-07T03:49:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=17855"},"modified":"2012-11-06T22:49:41","modified_gmt":"2012-11-07T03:49:41","slug":"right-reverend-justin-welby-a-good-bet-for-the-next-abc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/right-reverend-justin-welby-a-good-bet-for-the-next-abc\/","title":{"rendered":"Right Reverend Justin Welby a good bet for the next ABC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/eton-the-city-lambeth-palace-bookies-close-bets-on-next-archbishop-8289922.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A former oil executive who has been an Anglican bishop for only a year and is strongly opposed to gay marriage is rumoured to be on the verge of being named as the next Archbishop of Canterbury.<\/p>\n<p>Bookmakers Ladbrokes suspended betting on Justin Welby, the Bishop of Durham, following a flurry of bets that he is to be the 105th head of the Church of England and leader of the 77 million-strong Anglican Communion worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>Lambeth Palace declined to comment on suggestions that an announcement, which would initially come from Downing Street, could be made as soon as Thursday this week after a lengthy selection process which was last month deadlocked over its shortlist of successful candidates.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In case anyone is in any doubt as to the process for choosing an Archbishop of Canterbury, the following guide to choosing an ordinary bishop may prove enlightening:<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"600\" height=\"360\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\" bgcolor=\"0\"><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/jwplayer\/player.swf\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"never\" \/><param name=\"controlbar\" value=\"none\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"&amp;backcolor=0xffffff&amp;file=https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/videos\/bishop1.flv\" \/><embed width=\"600\" height=\"360\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/jwplayer\/player.swf\" allowscriptaccess=\"never\" controlbar=\"none\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" flashvars=\"&amp;backcolor=0xffffff&amp;file=https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/videos\/bishop1.flv\" bgcolor=\"0\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p><object width=\"600\" height=\"360\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\" bgcolor=\"0\"><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/jwplayer\/player.swf\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"never\" \/><param name=\"controlbar\" value=\"none\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"&amp;backcolor=0xffffff&amp;file=https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/videos\/bishop2.flv\" \/><embed width=\"600\" height=\"360\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/jwplayer\/player.swf\" allowscriptaccess=\"never\" controlbar=\"none\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" flashvars=\"&amp;backcolor=0xffffff&amp;file=https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/videos\/bishop2.flv\" bgcolor=\"0\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From here: A former oil executive who has been an Anglican bishop for only a year and is strongly opposed to gay marriage is rumoured to be on the verge of being named as the next Archbishop of Canterbury. 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