The Episcopal Church provided the largest block of bishops at the Lambeth Conference, sending 104 of the 469 diocesan bishops present during the conference of Anglican bishops in Canterbury.<\/p>\n
Details on who and how many of the Anglican Communion\u2019s 880 active bishops attended the Lambeth Conference have not been made public. However, the Rev. Canon Kenneth Kearon, secretary general of the Anglican Consultative Council, reported the conference \u201cinvolved the participation of some 680 bishops and 3,000 participants.\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n
There were 617 Anglican bishops registered for the conference, according to Lambeth Conference documentation obtained by The Living Church. Approximately 600 Anglican bishops were present for the group photo. Of the 617, 469 were diocesan bishops and the remaining 140 were suffragan, assisting and assistant bishops, as well as eight bishops without territorial sees.<\/p>\n
The largest number of absentees was from Africa, with 209 of the continent\u2019s 324 diocesan bishops missing. There were 115 diocesan and 12 suffragan bishops from African dioceses.<\/p>\n