Archbishop of York does not consider himself a candidate to replace Justin Welby

The Archbishop of York has said helium does not see himself a campaigner to regenerate the Archbishop of Canterbury, who is quitting aft a damning study into maltreatment cover-up successful the Church of England.

Stephen Cottrell acknowledged that helium is “the idiosyncratic that radical volition look to” implicit the coming months, arsenic the Church seeks to regenerate Justin Welby.

But Mr Cottrell said it is hoped a caller Archbishop of Canterbury would beryllium successful the relation for a play of betwixt 5 and 10 years and the imperishable relation would truthful apt not autumn to him.

I don't see myself to beryllium a candidate

Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell

At the property of 66, Mr Cottrell is nearing the Church of England status property of 70.

He told the Guardian newspaper: “We request idiosyncratic who tin springiness astatine slightest 5 years, astir apt much similar 10. So I don’t see myself to beryllium a candidate.

“That doesn’t alteration my committedness implicit the coming years and I realise that for this adjacent play I americium the idiosyncratic that radical volition look to.”

It is expected Mr Cottrell could instrumentality connected immoderate of Mr Welby’s responsibilities temporarily earlier a caller Archbishop of Canterbury is appointed.

Following the resignation announcement a week ago, Mr Cottrell said it was “the close and honourable happening to do” for Mr Welby to person “decided to instrumentality his stock of work for the failures identified by the Makin Review”.

Mr Welby said helium was quitting “in sorrow with each victims and survivors of abuse” pursuing days of unit aft the autarkic reappraisal concluded John Smyth – the astir prolific serial abuser to beryllium associated with the religion – mightiness person been brought to justness had the Archbishop of Canterbury formally reported him to constabulary successful 2013.

Mr Cottrell has besides faced calls to resign implicit the handling of abstracted maltreatment cases, with erstwhile members of the church’s Independent Safeguarding Board (ISB) saying helium had failed to enactment implicit safeguarding concerns.

But Mr Cottrell rejected this and told the Guardian helium would not beryllium resigning.

He said helium had passed cases to “other due safeguarding professionals” and insisted helium had not “ignored” them.

He told the newspaper: “I’m not going to resign. Like everyone who serves the church, I’m taxable to the subject and authorization of the church. If radical work the (Independent Safeguarding Board report), they tin marque their ain conclusions.”

Whoever replaces Mr Welby volition go the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury.

Mr Cottrell told the Guardian the religion is “now successful a play of modulation and reflection”, including information of “what benignant of idiosyncratic we’re looking for to beryllium the adjacent Archbishop of Canterbury, and what our expectations are of that person”.

The religion could get its archetypal pistillate successful the apical role, successful the signifier of imaginable candidates including Bishop of London Dame Sarah Mullally oregon Bishop of Chelmsford Guli Francis-Dehqani.

There are much than 100 bishops successful the Church of England, including 42 diocesan bishops.

Among them is Bishop of Newcastle Dr Helen-Ann Hartley, who has described herself arsenic a “lone voice” successful being the lone bishop to telephone publically for Mr Welby’s resignation successful the days pursuing the Makin Review’s publication.

Mr Welby has said helium volition honour his existing “constitutional and religion responsibilities”, truthful nonstop timings for his departure volition beryllium decided “once a reappraisal of indispensable obligations has been completed”.

The Crown Nominations Commission (CNC) is liable for appointing the adjacent archbishop, examining candidates, holding interviews and yet putting guardant a sanction to the Prime Minister, who past passes it to the King.

It is excepted the process, which begins with a consultation process, volition apt instrumentality immoderate months.