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Dr. Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury

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Anglican Communion Primates arrive in Dublin, Ireland for meeting

Anglican Communion News Service

January 25, 2011 - 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. HERE



Dr. John Sentamu, Archbishop of York

Dr. Katharine Jefferts Schori, Primate, The Episcopal Church

Archbishop Fred Hiltz, Primate, Anglican Church of Canada

Archbishop of Cape Town, Thabo Makgoba,, Primate of South Africa

The Most Reverend Armando Guerra Soria, La Iglesia Anglicana de la Region Central de America (IARCA), Primate



The Igreja Episcopal Anglicana do Brasil, the Most Rev. Maurício José Araújo de Andrade, Primate

The Most Revd Nathaniel Makoto Uematsu
The Nippon Sei Ko Kai (The Anglican Communion in Japan)



The Most Revd William Brown Turei
The Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia
(Until the necessary legislative changes have been made, Bishop Brown will receive the formal title of Primate, described as “holding the taonga of leadership.” )

The Most Revd Alan Edwin Thomas Harper, The Church of Ireland



The Anglican Church of Australia
The Most Revd Phillip John Aspinall

Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui
The Most Revd Paul Kwong

Archbishop Barry Morgan, The Church of Wales

The Most Reverend David Chillingworth, Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church

The Most Reverend John Walder Hunlop Holder, The Anglican Province of the West Indies

The Episcopal Church in the Philippines The Rt Revd Edward Pacyaya Malecdan
Prime Bishop

The Rt Revd Paul Keun-Sang Kim
Presiding Bishop of the Anglican Church of Korea & Bishop of Seoul

The Most Revd Joseph Kifau Kopapa
Archbishop of Papua New Guinea and Bishop of Popondota

The Rt Revd Samuel Azariah
Moderator, Church of Pakistan and Bishop of Raiwind

The Most Revd David Vunagi
Archbishop of Melanesia and bishop of Central Melanesia

The Most Revd Suputhrappa Vasantha Kumar
Moderator of the Church of South India and Bishop of Karnataka Central

The Most Revd Bernard Ntahoturi
Archbishop of the Province of Burundi and Bishop of Matana

The Rt Revd Paul Sishir Sarkar
Moderator, Church of Bangladesh and Bishop of Kushtia

Not Attending: Seven of the leaders of the Communion’s 38 provinces will not attend the meeting because of Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, who represents the Episcopal Church and a supporter of gay bishops and same-sex marriage: HERE

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

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)

· Thanks to Anglican Primates Picture Gallery
· Thanks to Lent and Beyond Blog
· Thanks to Thinking Anglicans
· Thanks to The Anglican Communion Official Website
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