Who is Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell?

As Archbishop of York for the past four years, Stephen Cottrell has been the Church of England’s second-in-command.

But in less than a fortnight he will take temporary charge, in place of Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, who is officially stepping down in early January over failures in handling the John Smyth abuse scandal.

Mr Cottrell has acknowledged he is “the person that people will look to” over the coming months as the Church seeks