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(Reuters) Anglican church deadlocked over new leader – report

Posted on October 1, 2012 by Kendall Harmon

According to the Sunday Times, the panel has a three name shortlist:

* Bishop of Norwich Graham James, 61, a keen amateur actor and cricketer who said last week he would “hope and pray” someone else gets the job.

* Archbishop of York John Sentamu, 63, a Ugandan-born traditionalist who holds the second most senior post in the Church of England and writes a column for the Sun newspaper.

* Bishop of Durham Justin Welby, 56, a former oil industry executive who has been a bishop for less than a year.

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2 comments on “(Reuters) Anglican church deadlocked over new leader – report”

  1. Terry Tee says:
    October 1, 2012 at 2:24 am

    Small correction: the Reuters report refers to ‘the head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor.’ Wrong. He is the most senior churchman, but he is retired. The head is Archbishop Vincent Nichols of Westminster.

  2. Formerly Marion R. says:
    October 1, 2012 at 7:01 am

    I’m a bit surprised by Reuters’ characterization of the meeting location as “undisclosed”. I think by now it’s pretty common knowledge they’ re meeting Tuesdays and Thursdays at the Denny’s in London, Ontario.