ACNS 4235 | LAMBETH | 09 JANUARY 2007
Archbishop of Canterbury announces Covenant Design Group members
The Archbishop of Canterbury today announced the members of the Covenant Design Group that he has appointed in response to a request of the Joint Standing Committee of the Primates' Meeting and of the Anglican Consultative Council.
The group will meet under the chairmanship of the Primate of the West Indies, Archbishop Drexel Gomez, and includes experts in canon law, the nature and mission of of the church and ecumenical relations from around the Communion. In addition to a small core group, the Archbishop is also appointing a wider circle of corresponding members, who will be assisting the Group's work.
The Group will hold its first meeting in Nassau, the Bahamas, in mid-January 2007, and present an interim report to the Primates Meeting and Joint Standing Committee when they meet in February in Tanzania.
The members are listed below:
The Most Revd Drexel Gomez, West Indies The Revd Victor Atta-Baffoe, West Africa The Most Revd Dr John Chew, South East Asia Ms Sriyanganie Fernando, Ceylon The Revd Dr Kathy Grieb, USA The Rt Revd Santosh Marray, Indian Ocean The Most Revd John Neill, Ireland The Revd Canon Andrew Norman, Archbishop of Canterbury's Representative Chancellor Rubie Nottage, West Indies, Consultant The Revd Dr Ephraim Radner, USA Ms Nomfundo Walaza, Southern Africa The Revd Canon Gregory Cameron, Anglican Communion Office, Secretary
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