Archbishop of Wales selected

Cardiff - A leading theologian has been selected as the new Anglican Archbishop of Wales

Cardiff - A leading theologian has been selected as the new Anglican Archbishop of Wales. The electoral college of the Church in Wales nominated the Rt Rev Dr Rowan Douglas Williams at a meeting in Llandrindod Wells, Powys. Currently the Bishop of Monmouth, he will succeed the Most Rev Alwyn Rice Jones, who retired earlier this year.

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