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> Media Advisory on the 2009 Primates Meeting

Posted On : January 15, 2009 1:46 PM | Posted By : Webmaster
ACNS: http://www.aco.org/acns/news.cfm/2009/1/15/ACNS4560
Related Categories: ACO - Primates Meeting

The Primates of the Anglican Communion will meet for the next of their
regular meetings at the Helnan Palestine Hotel Alexandria Egypt, between
1st - 5th February.

The meeting will be chaired by the Archbishop of Canterbury Dr. Rowan
Williams and hosted by the President Bishop of Jerusalem & the Middle
East & Bishop in Egypt with North Africa and the Horn of Africa, The
Most Revd Dr Mouneer Hanna Anis. The Secretary General of the Anglican
Communion, the Revd Canon Kenneth Kearon will act as the meeting's
secretary.

Primates' Meetings are held in private session.  As is customary it is
expected that a communiqué will be issued at the close of the meeting.

Briefings will be held for any press attending.  However media not at
the meeting will be able to access the briefings as podcasts on line on
the Anglican Communion website www.anglicancommunion.org. Those podcasts
will be made available as soon as possible after the conclusion of each
briefing. For details of press arrangements including accreditation see
here http://www.aco.org/communion/primates/press/

It is expected that all Provinces will be represented at the
forth-coming meeting, except the Church of Pakistan and the Church of
South India, where in each case the Moderator cannot attend due to a
previously booked engagement.

When the primacy is vacant, it is usual for the province to nominate the
Dean of the Province or the Senior Bishop to represent that province.
This will happen in a number of provinces on this occasion.

> Notes.

The Primates' Meeting was established in 1978 by Archbishop Donald
Coggan (101st Archbishop of Canterbury) as an opportunity for "leisurely
thought, prayer and deep consultation" and has met regularly since.

> There have been five meetings since 2002:

Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, 14-19 February, 2007.
http://www.aco.org/communion/primates/history/2007/index.cfm
Newry, Northern Ireland, 20-25 February, 2005.
http://www.aco.org/communion/primates/history/2005/index.cfm
London, England,15-16 October 2003.
http://www.aco.org/communion/primates/history/2003/index.cfm
Gramado, Brazil, 19-25 May 2003.
http://www.aco.org/acns/news.cfm/2003/5/27/ACNS3450
Canterbury, England, April 10-16, 2002.
http://www.aco.org/communion/primates/history/2002/index.cfm

For further information about the Primates meetings including provinces,
primates and biographies see here.
http://www.aco.org/communion/primates/

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