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New Archbishop of Canterbury to be enthroned today!

  • 21-03-2013 10:52am
    #1
    LordSutch
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    The New Archbishop of Caterbury is to be enthroned today (Thursday 21st/ March).
    He will replace the outgoing Archbishop Dr Rowan Williams, who will be a hard act to follow!

    Full article here > > > http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acns/news.cfm/2013/3/19/ACNS5361

    . . OUT WITH THE OLD . . . . . . . IN WITH THE NEW
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  • #2
    Geomy
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    Is the Archbishop of Canterbury the church of England equivalent of the pope ?


  • #3
    Geomy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,296 ✭✭✭Geomy


    Is the Archbishop of Canterbury the church of England equivalent of the pope ?


  • #4
    LordSutch
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    The spiritual leader of the Anglican Communion worldwide.

    So I suppose 'in a way' he is . . .


  • #5
    doctoremma
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    And I gather, for the first time in history, it will be a woman doing the enthroning. A sop to the recent failure to get female bishops approved?


  • #6
    LordSutch
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    The service is taking place now on BBC News, BBCHD, Sky News, etc, so I'm told.


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  • #7
    Peregrinus
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    doctoremma wrote: »
    And I gather, for the first time in history, it will be a woman doing the enthroning. A sop to the recent failure to get female bishops approved?
    No. The Archbishop is always enthroned by the Archdeacon, and Sheila Watson was appointed archdeacon since 2007, several years before the "recent failure". Plus, when she was appointed, nobody could have known that Williams was going to resign when he did.


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