The Bishop of Durham has been officially unveiled as the new Archbishop of Canterbury - in what is seen as a meteoric rise in the clergyman's career.
The Rt Rev Justin Welby, 56, was in his current job for only one year and will now become the spiritual leader of the 77 million-strong Anglican Communion.
Eton-educated Bishop Welby is a former oil executive with 11 years in the industry who turned to the church in the early 1980s.
The clergyman, who is a member of the House of Lords, is on the parliamentary committee looking at banking ethics in the wake of the Libor-rigging scandal.
The bishop is reportedly set to keep his place on the committee despite his new appointment.
Bishop Welby is keen to increase Church congregations He is apparently known for his outspoken criticism of corporate excess and is likely to be a champion of banking reform and a key figure in discussions of business ethics.
Bishop Welby will have his work cut out in his new role as Archbishop as he takes over the leadership of an institution battered in recent years by rows over women bishops and gay priests.
He will take up the mantle from Dr Rowan Williams, whose tenure has been marked by a bruising war between liberals and traditionalists in the Church of England and the wider Anglican Communion over the issue of homosexuality.
The new appointment also comes as the Church of England stands poised to give final approval later this year for the introduction of women bishops following several years of tortuous negotiations and the departure of some Anglican bishops to the Catholic Church.
The long-running war within the Anglican Communion over gay people will be a very difficult issue for him.
But Bishop Welby's skills in conflict resolution and peace building will stand him in good stead in dealing with the warring factions in the run-up to the next worldwide meeting of Anglican bishops, the Lambeth Conference, due in 2018.
Dr Rowan Williams is stepping down as Archbishop of Canterbury Bishop Welby, who is himself opposed to gay marriage, is also well travelled, particularly in Nigeria.
And he understands the viewpoints of both conservative Nigerian Anglicans and those of the liberal US Episcopalian Church which is strongly divided on the issue.
The new Archbishop, who was first ordained as a deacon in 1992, will also have to face declining Church congregations.
Bishop Welby is clearly keen to turn this around, and in his first sermon after becoming Bishop of Durham last November, he reportedly called on churchgoers to rekindle Christian faith in the North East and "reconvert" the region.
While Dean of Liverpool before this, he instigated a five-year plan to double congregation figures, and saw them rise considerably during his leadership.
Being the public face of the Church of England in the 21st century also means being able to deal with the demands of the media and 24-hour news.
Bishop Welby has already shown that he embraces social media with an account on Twitter, and the 2,500 followers that he currently has are set to rise dramatically now he has been named as the new archbishop.
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