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First African Archbishop of Kenya dies

First African Archbishop of Kenya dies

First African Archbishop of the Anglican Church of Kenya has died after suffering a heart attack. The archbishop, the Most Revd Festo Habbakuk Olang’, was 95.

20 February 2004

Archbishop Orombi enthroned at colourful ceremony in Uganda

Archbishop Orombi enthroned at colourful ceremony in Uganda

The Most Revd Henry Luke Orombi was on Sunday enthroned as the seventh Archbishop of the Anglican Church of Uganda at a colourful ceremony witnessed by thousands of Christians including Uganda’s President, Yoweri Museveni.

29 January 2004

Lifetime achievement award for Bishop of Seychelles

Lifetime achievement award for Bishop of Seychelles

The Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, established on 21 June 1991 to act as a catalyst in promoting effective, practical and sustainable programmes in areas of national development, presented a lifetime achievement award to the Rt Revd French Kitchener Chang-Him, Bishop of Seychelles, on Tuesday 30 December 2003.

26 January 2004

Statement of the Bishops of the Anglican Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo

Statement of the Bishops of the Anglican Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo

We, the Bishops of the Anglican Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, (DRCongo) gathered in Kinshasa, its capital city, on behalf of the clergy and laity from the DRCongo, take this opportunity to officially express our unhappiness regarding the issues which have recently arisen pertaining to the issues of homosexuality and the blessing of same-sex relationships which we believe are contrary to Holy Scripture, and to moral law in the Third World. We therefore strongly condemn:

05 January 2004

A New Year Message from Archbishop of Cape Town, the Most Revd Njongonkulu Ndungane

A New Year Message from Archbishop of Cape Town, the Most Revd Njongonkulu Ndungane

As we begin our 10th year of democracy, there is much for our transforming nation to be proud of and a solid platform of achievement from which to set new standards and objectives.

03 January 2004

Botswana's Anglican Church leaders denounce gay Bishop

Botswana's Anglican Church leaders denounce gay Bishop

The Anglican Church in Botswana has joined a growing list of African Anglican dioceses that have refused to recognise the consecration of the Rt Revd V Gene Robinson as Bishop-Coadjutor of the Diocese of New Hampshire in the United States, because of his sexual orientation.

09 December 2003

Call to end stigma marks the World AIDS Day in Africa

Call to end stigma marks the World AIDS Day in Africa

As the world turned to mark the World AIDS Day yesterday (December 1), Anglicans around Africa joined the world to spread the word on AIDS and call for an end to stigma and discrimination of people affected by HIV/AIDS.

02 December 2003

Address by Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane at an Interfaith Service on World AIDS Day

Address by Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane at an Interfaith Service on World AIDS Day

Greetings to you all and thank you for setting aside this time to meet together on World AIDS Day. To stand together as we honour those living with and dying from AIDS and to express our ongoing concern about the present situation.

02 December 2003

National HIV/AIDS Strategic Planning and Policy Development Workshop held in Nigeria

National HIV/AIDS Strategic Planning and Policy Development Workshop held in Nigeria

We, Bishops, clergy and members of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) drawn from all the ten ecclesiastical Provinces across the country, met in Abuja from 10 to 14 November 2003 to draw up a strategic plan of how our church will respond to the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Nigeria.

24 November 2003

Archbishop of Cape Town responds to Nigerian Bishops' statement

Archbishop of Cape Town responds to Nigerian Bishops' statement

The Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, Njongonkulu Ndungane, has issued a statement responding to the reported severing of ties with the Episcopal Church in the USA by the Anglican Church in Nigeria.

23 November 2003