Concerns over the potential for division led the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Reverend Dr Rowan Williams, to request Dr John to step down and on 6 July 2003, he withdrew his acceptance of the nomination to the bishopric.
Concerns over the potential for division led the Archbishop of Canterbury, to request Dr John to step down and on 6 July 2003, he withdrew his acceptance of the nomination to the bishopric. Canterbury was the Most Reverend Dr Rowan Williams.