Appointing the next Archbishop of Canterbury is a process led by the Crown Nominations Commission (CNC), whose role is to discern whom God may be calling to this vital ministry.

That it is advisable that a consultative body should be formed to which resort may be had, if desired, by the national Churches, provinces, and extra-provincial dioceses of the Anglican Communion ...

Anglican religious orders are organisations of laity and/or clergy in the Anglican Communion who live under a common rule. They are to be distinguished from Holy Orders, the sacrament which bishops, ...