Anglican Communion Primates' Meeting

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The Anglican Communion Primates' Meetings are regular meetings of the Anglican Primates, i.e. the senior archbishops and bishops of each (often national) ecclesiastical province of the Anglican Communion. There are 38 Primates of the Anglican Communion. The Primates come together from the geographic Provinces around the world. The Archbishop of Canterbury chairs the meetings, with the Secretary General of the Anglican Communion serving as secretary.

The Primates' Meeting was established by Archbishop of Canterbury Donald Coggan in 1978 as an opportunity for “leisurely thought, prayer and deep consultation”. The first meeting was held in 1979.

Contents 1 The October 2003 Meeting 2 The February 2007 Meeting 3 List of Anglican Communion Primates' Meetings 4 References 5 External links

[edit] The October 2003 Meeting

Following the regular primates meeting of May 2003 The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams convened an extraordinary meeting of the Primates of the Anglican Communion.

The primates gathered at Lambeth Palace in October for a series of closed meetings discussing a way forward because conflict over the Episcopal Church and the ordination of a gay bishop. The Primates issued a communique at the close of the meeting.

[edit] The February 2007 Meeting

The most recent Primates' Meeting was held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania from 15 to 19 February 2007, and produced a draft Covenant for the Anglican Communion which is in part a response to disagreements between national churches on issues of sexuality and authority.

[edit] List of Anglican Communion Primates' Meetings

• 1979: Ely, England
• 1981: Washington, D.C., USA
• 1983: Limuru, Kenya
• 1986: Toronto, Canada
• 1989: Cyprus
• 1991: Newcastle, Ireland
• 1993: Cape Town, South Africa
• 1995: Windsor, England
• 1997: Jerusalem
• 2000: Oporto, Portugal
• 2001: Kanuga, USA
• 2002: Canterbury, England
• May 2003: Porto Alegre, Brazil
• October 2003: Lambeth Palace, England
• February 2005: Dromantine, Northern Ireland
• February 2007: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

[edit] References

• Primates Meeting Communique - February 2007
• Report of the Covenant Design Group - February 2007
• Information about the Anglican Communion, from the 2003 Primates' Meetings
• A Statement by the Primates of the Anglican Communion meeting in Lambeth Palace - October, 2003
• Archbishop of Canterbury's statement at the final press conference of the Primates' Meeting - October, 2003
• Pastoral Letter from the Primates of the Anglican Communion - May, 2003

[edit] External links

• Primates' Meetings
• The Windsor Report 2004