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Resolution Number: 2000-B061
Title: Express Thanksgiving for the 101st Archbishop of Canterbury
Legislative Action Taken: Adopted
Final Text:

Resolved, That the House of Bishops at the 73rd General Convention meeting in Denver, Colorado, received the news of the death of the Most Rev. Robert Runcie, 101st Archbishop of Canterbury, with profound sadness. We give thanks to Almighty God for his exemplary leadership at the center of the Anglican Communion, for his scholarly brilliance, his subtle humor, his deft touch in diplomacy, and for his many graces to this House of Bishops and its members. Our hearts reach out in love to Lady Runcie and their family who are surrounded by our prayers.

Citation: General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Denver, 2000 (New York: General Convention, 2001), p. 311.