Justin Welby: The clergyman who revelled in major deals

Justin Welby excelled in financial dealing as a young oil executive. But as the next Archbishop of Canterbury, his greatest challenges may yet lie ahead.

Perseverance is a Christian virtue, and it's just as well for the Church of England and some 80 million Anglicans worldwide that the next Archbishop of Canterbury has it in spades, says The Sunday Telegraph.

When the young oil executive and evangelical convert first applied for ordination in 1988, he was told by the then Bishop of Kensington: "There is no place for you in the Church of England." But as Justin Welby tells it, he had little choice in the matter.

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