The election was held among the Primates of the Anglican Communion during the groupâs recent meeting in Dublin, Ireland.
âI am grateful to my colleagues in the Americas for their confidence, and look forward to working with partners around the Communion as we seek to heal a broken and hurting world,â Presiding Bishop Jefferts Schori said. âI have every hope that the primates can be models and leaders of that work, as variously-gifted members of the Body of Christ.â
Elected to the Primates' Standing Committee were:
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)
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