ACNS - Members of the Primates' Standing Committee announced

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Posted On : February 16, 2011 2:24 PM | Posted By : Admin ACO
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Members of the Primates' Standing Committee announced

The following Primates were elected as members of the Primates' 
Standing Committee at the recent Primates' Meeting in Dublin, Ireland 
and have agreed to serve:

Africa

Archbishop Daniel Deng Bul Yak (Sudan) - alternate Archbishop Bernard 
Ntahoturi (Burundi)

Central, North, South Americas and the Caribbean
Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori (The Episcopal Church) - alternate
Archbishop John Holder (West Indies)

Europe

Archbishop David Chillingworth (Scotland) - alternate Archbishop Alan 
Harper (Ireland)

Middle East and West Asia

Bishop Samuel Azariah (Pakistan) - alternate Bishop Paul Sarker (Bangladesh)

South East Asia and Oceania

Archbishop Paul Kwong (Hong Kong) - alternate Archbishop Winston 
Halapua (Aotearoa,

> New Zealand & Polynesia)

Each Primate serves for a period of three years, and thereafter until 
the next Primates' Meeting. Also membership ceases when a member 
ceases to be a Primate.