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Written question asked by Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party) on Monday, 10 February 2020, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 12 February 2020. It was answered by Andrew Selous (Conservative) on Wednesday, 12 February 2020 on behalf of the Church Commissioners.


Anglicanism

Question

To ask the hon. Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what the outcomes were of the recent Anglican Primates meeting in Jordan.

Answer

The Anglican Primates Meeting took place in Jordan in January 2020. The Primates of the Anglican Communion are Archbishops, Presiding Bishops, Moderators and chief pastors of the 40 provinces. Their Churches are autonomous yet inter-dependent in their relationships with each other.

The 33 Primates who attended the meeting discussed preparations for the Lambeth Conference 2020 and also approved the formation of the new province of Alexandria, which covers Egypt, North Africa and the Horn of Africa. They also discussed the proposal for the creation of the new province of the Church of Ceylon (Sri Lanka). The full communique can be read here: https://aco.org/media/355576/primates-meeting-2020-communique.pdf


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
14669
Session
2019-21
Subjects
Anglicanism Canterbury, Archbishop of
Link
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