Members of the worldwide Anglican Communion are gearing up for today’s inauguration of Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby at Canterbury Cathedral.

As staff at the great cathedral get ready for this key moment in Anglican history, lay and ordained people from right around the world are also preparing for the big day.

Over the past week the Communion's primates—the most senior bishops from across the Anglican Communion—have travelled to England for the inauguration.

 Many have made the most of their visit by attending meetings while in the UK. Primate of West Africa, the Most Revd Tilewa S Johnson, visited the mission agency Us (formerly USPG).

 Among other visits the Primate of the Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East headed to a housing project in Lancashire.

The Anglican Church of Australia will have three representatives at the enthronement including Archbishop Phillip Aspinall, who today described Archbishop Welby as "a leader for our time, a man of prayer who chose God over personal fortune."

Archbishop Aspinall will be accompanied by the Revd John Deane, Executive Director of Australia's Anglican Board of Mission and the Revd Dr Sarah Macneil who is a member of the Standing Committee.