Justin Portal Welby (born 6 January 1956) is the 105th archbishop of Canterbury and the most senior bishop in the Church of England. He has served in that role since 2013. Welby was the vicar of Southam, Warwickshire, and most recently was the bishop of Durham, serving for just over a year. Ex officio, he is the primate of all England and the head primus inter pares in the worldwide Anglican Communion.