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ACNS LC021 - 20 July 1998

Wife of Archbishop of Canterbury helps bishops' spouses share
their stories

The Bishop and I
Written by Eileen Carey with Andrew Carey
Hodder Stoughton 
Price £7.99

by Sally Hastings
Bishops' Spouses Programme Communications

Eileen Carey, wife of the Archbishop of Canterbury, has
interviewed 21 spouses of Anglican bishops from all over the
world about what it is like to be married to a bishop. These
interviews are published for the first time in the book The
Bishop and I.

In her introduction to The Bishop and I, Eileen Carey talks about
her own experience as the wife of the Archbishop of Canterbury
and her reasons for writing this book. She says: "One of the most
wonderful aspects of the work is the travel to many of the
countries where there are Anglican congregations and to feel
immediately at home with them." 

Inspired by these meetings Mrs. Carey wanted to allow bishops'
spouses to tell their own stories and provide their own insights
into the Anglican Church around the world. The result is a series
of profiles of some of the remarkable people whose skills,
commitment and sheer hard work form the backbone of the Anglican
Communion. Many run the Mothers' Unions in their home countries,
some continue to work in their own professions, others work full
time alongside their partners in their work of Christian
ministry. 

Profiles include those of Thelma Mehaffey, wife of James
Mehaffey, Bishop of Derry and Raphoe in the Church of Ireland,
and Jennie Chesters, wife of Alan Chesters, Bishop of Blackburn
in the Church of England. There is also a moving account from
Madeleine Kayumba, wife of Norman Kayumba, Bishop of Kigeme,
Rwanda. The first man ever to be married to a female bishop in
the Anglican Communion, Ian Jamieson, Bishop of Dunedin in New
Zealand, has also contributed.

For more information and a review copy, please call Eleanor Goody
at Hodder Stoughton, telephone: 0171 873 6044. 

For further information, contact:

Lambeth Conference Communications
Canterbury Business School
University of Kent at Canterbury
Telephone: 01227 827348/9
Fax: 01227 828085
Mobile: 0374 800212

http://www.lambethconference.org