 He continued to serve as Bishop of Monmouth after he was elected to also be the Archbishop of Wales in December 1999, in which capacity he was enthroned again at Newport Cathedral on 26 February 2000.In 2002, he was announced as the successor to George Carey as Archbishop of Canterbury — the senior bishop in the Church of England.The Archbishop of Canterbury in England acts as a focus of unity recognised as "primus inter pares" ("first among equals") but does not exercise authority in Anglican provinces outside the Church of England.