I want to know the answer to the following question:
Was there someone else that was preferred as Bishop?
All the background I'm provided with is that "In the light of Mother F. A. Forbes research and reference to Pope Saint Gregory's writings, it would appear that Athanasius was constrained to be Bishop: She writes that when the Patriarch Alexander was on his death-bed he called Athanasius, who fled fearing he would be constrained to be made Bishop.". Is that enough to answer the question?
Answer: no