Anglican Communion Primates arrive in Dublin, Ireland for meeting

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Date Tue, 25 Jan 2011 09:45:48 -0800

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Anglican Communion Primates arrive in Dublin, Ireland for meeting.


By ACNS staff



Primates from across the Anglican Communion
arrived today at the Emmaus Retreat and
Conference Centre in Dublin for the first day of
their six-day Primates' Meeting.


The Primates, who are the senior bishops or

archbishops of a province of the Anglican family
of churches, were invited from all 38 Provinces.
The Archbishop of York, John Sentamu, was also
invited to allow the Archbishop of Canterbury
Rowan Williams to fulfil his role as the President of the meeting.

Several Primates, including Archbishop Maurício
José Araújo de Andrade Primate of Brazil & Bishop
of Brasilia, said they were looking forward to a positive meeting.

?It is important that in this meeting dialogue
continues between the different parts of the
Anglican Communion,? he said. ?If it is possible
to sit together with different ecumenical and
interfaith partners, how much more do we need to
continue to sit down and dialogue with bishops
from other parts of the Communion.?

The Dean of the Province of Central Africa,

Bishop Albert Chama* said he believed God would
enable the Primates to remain in unity and to
love one another as the body of Christ.

?My hope is that in this meeting we will be able
to continue the conversations that have been
happening in terms of pulling the Communion
together," he said. "It is my hope that our
meeting will be fruitful and that we will
continue to discuss matters with openness and we
will be able to listen to one another.?

Barring any last minute changes, 24 Primates are
able to attend the meeting. As anticipated, some
were unable to attend because of health reasons,
others for personal reasons and a few because of
issues in their Provinces, such as the referendum in Sudan.

Seven Primates said they were not coming because
of recent developments in the Episcopal Church,
but in their responses they have reiterated their
commitment to the Communion and to the Archbishop of Canterbury.

The Secretary General of the Anglican Communion
Canon Kenneth Kearon, who is Secretary of the
meeting, said: ?It is obviously regrettable when
a Primate is unable attend because it means that
that particular perspective is not represented,
but it is ultimately the decision of each
individual Primate in consultation with their Province.?


The Primates? Meeting   January 25-31, 2011


Those who are present, on their way or are expected:

The Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand &
Polynesia The Most Revd Winston Halapua
The Anglican Church of Australia The Most Revd Phillip John Aspinall
The Church of Bangladesh The Rt Revd Paul Sishir Sarkar
Igreja Episcopal Anglicana do Brasil The Most
Revd Maurício José Araújo de Andrade
The Episcopal Church of Burundi The Most Revd Bernard Ntahoturi
The Anglican Church of Canada The Most Revd Frederick J Hiltz
The Church of the Province of Central Africa
Represented by The Dean of the Province The Rt Rev Albert Chama
Iglesia Anglicana de la Region Central de America
The Most Revd Armando Roman Guerra Soria
The Church of England The Most Revd Rowan Douglas Williams
Also represented by The Most Revd John Sentamu
Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui  The Most Revd Paul Kwong
The Church of Ireland  The Most Revd Alan Edwin Thomas Harper
The Nippon Sei Ko Kai (The Anglican Communion in
Japan) The Most Revd Nathaniel Makoto Uematsu
The Anglican Church of Korea The Rt Revd Paul Keun-Sang Kim
The Church of the Province of Melanesia The Most Revd David Vunagi
The Church of Pakistan (United) The Rt Revd Samuel Azariah
The Anglican Church of Papua New Guinea The Most Revd Joseph Kifau Kopapa
The Episcopal Church in the Philippines The Rt Revd Edward Pacyaya Malecdan
The Scottish Episcopal Church The Most Revd David Robert Chillingworth
The Church of South India (United) The Most Revd Suputhrappa Vasantha Kumar
The Anglican Church of Southern Africa The Most Revd Thabo Cecil Makgoba
The Episcopal Church The Most Revd Katharine Jefferts Schori
The Church in Wales The Most Revd  Barry Cennydd Morgan
The Church in the Province of the West Indies The
Most Revd John Walder Dunlop Holder


Those who are unable to attend:



For reasons of visa difficulties:


Province de L'Eglise Anglicane Du Congo The Most Revd Henry Kahwa Isingoma


For reasons of health:


La Iglesia Anglicana de Mexico The Most Revd Carlos Touche-Porter
The Church of the Province of Myanmar (Burma) The
Most Revd Stephen Than Myint Oo


For reasons of diary commitments:


The Anglican Church of Kenya The Most Revd Eliud Wabukala
The Church of North India (United) The Most Revd Purely Lyngdoh


For personal reasons:


The Anglican Church of Tanzania The Most Revd Valentino Mokiwa


For reasons of Provincial matters:


The Episcopal Church of the Sudan The Most Revd
Daniel Deng Bul Yak  (the referendum)
L'Eglise Episcopal au Rwanda The Most Revd
Onesphore Rwaje (two days after his installation)

Those who have chosen to stay away over recent
developments in  The Episcopal Church:

The Church of the Province of the Indian Ocean
The Most Revd Gerald James (Ian) Ernest
The Episcopal Church in Jerusalem & The Middle
East The Most Revd  Mouneer Hanna Anis
The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) The
Most Rt Revd Nicholas Dikeriehi Okoh
The Church of the Province of Uganda  The Most Revd Henry Luke Orombi
Church of the Province of South East Asia  The Most Revd John Chew
Iglesia Anglicana del Cono Sur de America The Most Revd Hector Zavala
The Church of the Province of West Africa The Most Revd Justice Ofei Akrofi


ENDS


Notes to Editor

*There is currently a vacancy in the Primacy of
the Church of the Province of Central Africa. The
Primatial role and representation is exercised by the Dean of the Province.
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