Could an Iranian-born refugee be first female Archbishop of Canterbury?
An Iranian-born bishop whose family fled to Britain after the country's Islamic Revolution has emerged as an early favourite to be the first female Archbishop of Canterbury.
In the first odds offered by bookmakers, the Right Rev Guli Francis-Dehqani, the Bishop of Chelmsford, has been named as favourite by both Ladbrokes and Star Sports, who this week placed her at evens and 2/1 respectively to succeed Justin Welby.
If chosen, she would become the 106th holder of the role and the first woman in the job's 1,428-year history.
Francis-Dehqani, 58, criticised Sir Keir Starmer this week over his comment that Britain was 'becoming an island of strangers', saying: 'In the churches and different communities I am a part of, we are not an 'island of
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