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.

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

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.

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.