Archbishop Runcie Plans U.S. Tour
Episcopal News Service. October 16, 1980 [80360]
CHATTANOOGA -- Seven cities, a rural congregation and a seminary will be included in a United States tour by the Most Rev. Robert Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury, scheduled for April 22-May 11 next year. During his time in this country the Archbishop will also attend a meeting of Anglican Communion Primates at the College of Preachers in Washington, D.C.
The announcement was made to the House of Bishops which met here Oct. 2-9.
Dr. Runcie will arrive in Atlanta on April 22. On the following day he will receive an honorary degree from the University of the South, Sewanee, Tenn. On April 25 he will visit Christ Church Parish, Kent Island, Md., for the 350th anniversary of that congregation. He is scheduled to preach in Washington Cathedral on April 26.
Following the Primate's meeting, the Archbishop will visit San Francisco on May 2 and 3, Los Angeles on May 4 and 5, Des Moines, Ia., on May 6 and 7 and Chicago on May 8.
From May 9-11, Dr. Runcie will be a guest of Presiding Bishop John M. Allin in New York City.