Anglican college organization appoints James Callaway as general secretary
Episcopal News Service. April 4, 2011 [040411-02]
ENS staff
The board of trustees of the Colleges and Universities of the Anglican Communion (CUAC) has appointed the Rev. Canon James G. Callaway as its new general secretary, according to a news release.
Callaway will succeed the Rev. Canon Donald Thompson, who will retire after CUAC's triennial conference in Sewanee, Tennessee, May 22-25.
Callaway, deputy for Anglican partnerships at Trinity Wall Street, New York, is known throughout the Anglican Communion for his work in forging enduring links with the Church in Africa and establishing mutual partnerships as a model for ministry.
CUAC is a worldwide association of more than 120 institutions of higher education and a network of the Anglican Communion, according to the release. Its patron is the Archbishop of Canterbury. Along with its predecessor, the Association of Episcopal Colleges, which consists mostly of the Episcopal colleges in the United States, CUAC's mission is promoting cross-cultural contacts and educational programs.
Michael Wright, CUAC board chair, expressed appreciation for Thompson's contributions to the work of CUAC over the past ten years. "I am in no doubt that CUAC will be well served by Canon Callaway," Wright said in the release. "He brings a wealth of experience to the role and member universities and colleges will relish the opportunity of working with him. The wider Anglican Communion will also benefit from this appointment."
Callaway said in the release that he is eager to extend his ministry of partnership to CUAC's mission as a network of the Anglican Communion. "The CUAC members are a remarkable expression of the Anglican ethos," he said. "Strengthening their life together, as well as encouraging the founding of new institutions, will ensure their continuing to shape what it means to be Anglican in the twenty-first century."
The Rev. Dr. James H. Cooper, rector of Trinity Wall Street, said in the release that "part of Canon Callaway's 30-year legacy of ministry has been the establishment of Trinity's long-standing commitments to its global partners. Those commitments will continue unchanged." The Rev. Matthew Heyd, director of Faith in Action for Trinity, will oversee the parish's grant making, partnerships and outreach. The Rev. Benjamin Musoke-Lubega will lead the Anglican Partnership team, which also includes Senior Program Officer Sarah Grapentine. Callaway will continue to serve Trinity as a consultant to Heyd and the Anglican Partnership team.