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New Primate elected for the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion)

New Primate elected  for the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion)

The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) has elected Nicholas Orogodo Okoh as its fourth Primate in succession to the Most Revd Peter Akinola. The announcement was made on 15 September.

16 September 2009

Appeal from the Episcopal Church of the Sudan

Appeal from the Episcopal Church of the Sudan

On Saturday 29th August 2009 I received reports from Wernyol, Twic East County, Jonglei State, that there had been another attack on the peoples of the area in which over forty people – men, women and children – were killed

04 September 2009

Letter from the Church of the Province of Central Africa

Letter from the Church of the Province of Central Africa

The Church of the Province of Central Africa has asked that the following letter from the Dean of the Province be circulated by ACNS.

04 September 2009

Episcopal Elections in the Church of the Province of Central Africa

Episcopal Elections in the Church of the Province of Central Africa

The Electoral College which sat at St Peter’s, Lilongwe, Malawi on Saturday 1st August 2009 elected the Revd Canon Fr Leslie Richard Mtekateka as the Bishop of Northern Malawi

20 August 2009

Chad Gandiya is consecrated Bishop of Harare

Chad Gandiya is consecrated Bishop of Harare

In an extraordinary double ceremony, former USPG staff member Chad Gandiya was first consecrated bishop and then enthroned as the Bishop of the Diocese of Harare, part of the Church of the Province of Central Africa (CPCA)

31 July 2009

And the light was good: Solar cooking in Kenya and Tanzania

And the light was good: Solar cooking in Kenya and Tanzania

Gathering firewood, cooking meals, cleaning the house, working in the fields, taking care of children. For women in the global south, there is always more to do. Double that if you are also looking after someone at home with a chronic illness.

09 July 2009

Archbishop Thabo Makgoba Receives US Honorary Degree

Archbishop Thabo Makgoba Receives US Honorary Degree

The Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town yesterday said that the honorary degree he has been awarded by an American seminary ‘is for all South Africans who were denied access to education’.

21 May 2009

Bishop Eliud Wabukala elected as the new Archbishop of Kenya

Bishop Eliud Wabukala elected as the new Archbishop of Kenya

The Rt Revd Dr. Eliud W. Wabukala was elected the 5th Primate and Archbishop of Kenya in a very peaceful, joyous and orderly election process by a 158 member Electoral College of the Anglican Church of Kenya that was gathered at the All Saints Cathedral on 24th April, 2009

28 April 2009

Archbishop Thabo Makgoba - World Malaria Day Statement

Archbishop Thabo Makgoba - World Malaria Day Statement

‘The cost of preventing and treating malaria is only a fraction of what the disease costs us in terms of lost lives, lost income, lost productivity, lost learning’ Archbishop Thabo Makgoba has said. ‘The world must get its priorities right in tackling this preventable and curable disease, which claims a million lives a year, and causes the death of a sub-Saharan African child ever 30 seconds.’

24 April 2009

Press Release from the Church of the Province of Central Africa

Press Release from the Church of the Province of Central Africa

The Church of the Province of Central Africa (which is the Anglican Church in Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Botswana) announces that the Court of Confirmation of the new bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Upper Shire met on 16th April, 2009 at Chilema Conference Centre Chapel at Malosa.

24 April 2009