Primates of the Anglican Communion to Meet
Episcopal News Service. April 13, 1989 [89074]
LONDON (DPS, Apr. 13) -- The Primates of the Anglican Communion will meet at the Lordos Beach Hotel, Larnaca, Cyprus, from April 26 to May 2. This will be the first meeting of the Primates since the conclusion of Lambeth Conference 1988 on August 7 of that year. One of the responsibilities of the Cyprus meeting will be to review the 69 resolutions passed by the conference.
The report from the Archbishop of Canterbury's Commission on Communion and Women in the Episcopate (the Eames Commission) will be introduced by the chairman of the commission, the Most Rev. Robert Eames, Primate of All Ireland, on April 27 and April 28. The sevenmember commission was appointed in September 1988 in response to Resolution 1 of the Lambeth Conference. It has met twice, once in England and once in the United States, to consider the implications for the Anglican Communion and its ecumenical partners of consecration of women as bishops.
Because of the Archbishop of Canterbury's scheduled visit to Rome in September to meet His Holiness Pope John Paul II, discussions on Church unity will be a major topic for the Anglican Primates.
Last year's Lambeth Conference (in Resolution 43) recognized that evangelism is the primary task given to the Church, and asked each province and diocese of the Anglican Communion, in cooperation with other Christians, to make the closing years of the millennium a "Decade of Evangelism" with a renewed and united emphasis on making Christ known to the people of his world. The Primates will discuss how this can best be implemented.
On May 1, the primates will meet with the Standing Committee of the Anglican Consultative Council. Discussions will center on how both bodies can work more closely together in the future. The Standing Committee's own meetings will continue until May 7.
During their time in Cyprus, which coincides with Orthodox Easter, the Primates will meet with other Church leaders on the island.
Prior to the 1988 Lambeth Conference, various regional meetings were held to consider issues of concern that should be brought to the attention of the full conference. Another regional meeting will be held in Cyprus prior to the Primates' meeting. Nine Anglican representatives from Australia, Papua New Guinea, Philippine Episcopal Church, Manila, Seoul, New Zealand, Melanesia, Japan, and Burma will meet in Larnaca on April 25 and 26, chaired by Archbishop John Grindrod, Primate of Australia, to discuss matters of mutual and regional concern.
List of Members
| Chairman: | |
| The Most Rev and Rt Hon Robert Runcie | England |
| Anglican Primates: | |
| The Most Revd John Grindrod | Australia |
| The Most Revd Olavo Luiz | Brazil |
| The Most Revd Andrew Mya Han | Burma |
| The Most Revd Samuel Sindamuka | Burundi, Rwanda,and Zaire |
| The Most Revd Michael Peers | Canada |
| The Most Revd Khotso Makhulu | Central Africa |
| The Rt Revd John Savarimuthu | East Asia |
| The Most Revd French Chang-Him | Indian Ocean |
| The Most Revd Robert Eames | Ireland |
| The Most Revd Christopher Kikawada | Japan |
| The Rt Revd Samir Kafity | Jerusalem and Middle East |
| The Most Revd Manasses Kuria | Kenya |
| The Most Revd Amos Waiaru | Melanesia |
| The Most Revd Brian Davis | New Zealand |
| The Most Revd Joseph Adetiloye | Nigeria |
| The Rt Revd Bevan Meredith | Papua New Guinea (Representing Archbishop George Ambo) |
| The Most Revd Edward Luscombe | Scotland |
| The Most Revd Desmond Tutu | Southern Africa |
| The Rt Revd David Leake | Southern Cone of South America |
| The Most Revd Benjamin Yugusuk | Sudan |
| The Most Revd John Ramadhani | Tanzania |
| The Most Revd Yona Okoth | Uganda |
| The Most Revd Edmond Browning | U.S.A. |
| The Most Revd George Noakes | Wales |
| The Most Revd George Browne | West Africa |
| The Most Revd Orland Lindsay | West Indies |
| Moderators of Churches in Communion: | |
| The Rt Revd Barnabas Mondal | Bangladesh |
| The Most Revd Alexander Malik | Pakistan |
| The Most Revd Din Dayal | North India |
| The Most Revd Victor Premasagar | South India |
| Secretary: | |
| The Revd Canon Samuel Van Culin | Anglican Consultative Council |