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The 63-year-old is set to succeed Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor next month following his retirement as leader of Catholics in England and Wales.

The announcement comes after weeks of speculation about a successor to the cardinal, who is the first Archbishop of Westminster to retire in post since the restoration of the Catholic hierarchy in the mid-nineteenth century.

So far all 10 Archbishops of Westminster have been made a cardinal by the Vatican and the archbishop is likely to become president of the Catholic Bishops Conference of England and Wales.

Archbishop Nichols has been a leading figure in the Catholic church in England and Wales in recent years, fighting a number of battles on issues such as Catholic education and Catholic adoption agencies.

He has been criticised by some in the church as "too ambitious", but his supporters insist he is only "ambitious for God".

Archbishop Nichols has long been tipped to take up the post and become leader of the estimated 4.2 million Catholics in England and Wales.

He is said to have been the second English bishop after Cardinal Murphy-O'Connor to be blessed by Pope Benedict XVI and he enthusiastically endorsed the pontiff's drive for liturgical renewal in the church.