Exactly who has not been invited
In a variety of briefings to journalists over the last 48 hours following the announcement of the invitations to the Lambeth Conference, it appears that the following 10 bishops have so far not been invited to the Lambeth Conference. This information is gathered from a variety of press reports based on briefings from the Anglican Communion Office and its spokespersons.
Robinson Cavalcanti, Bishop of Recife, Brazil, under the primatial authority of the Archbishop of the Southern Cone (Primate: Presiding Bishop Greg Venables)
Dr Nolbert Kunonga, Bishop of Harare, Province of Central Africa (Primate: Archbishop Bernard Malango)
Martyn Minns, Bishop of the Convocation of Anglicans in North America who sits in the Nigerian House of Bishops (Primate: Archbishop Peter Akinola)
Chuck Murphy III, John Rodgers, Alexander Green, Thaddeus Barnum, T.J. Johnson, and Douglas Weiss of the Anglican Mission in America who sit in the Rwandan House of Bishops (Primate Archbishop Emmanuel Kolini)
Gene Robinson, Bishop of New Hampshire (Primate: Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori)
In inviting bishops to the 1988 Lambeth Conference, Archbishop Robert Runcie said “Bring your diocese with youâ€. Who will not be being brought to the 2008 Lambeth Conference?
Who do these bishops lead and represent?
Recife – 4000 people, 32 congregations, 50 clergy
Harare – one of the 15 dioceses in a province of 600,000 Anglicans
CANA 7000 Anglicans at least. 50 clergy in 32 congregations. In average weekend worship attendance, CANA is larger than 50 (out of 112) dioceses of The Episcopal Church
AMiA Over 100 congregations. Allowing for 100 per congregation makes 10,000
New Hampshire, 16,000 Anglicans in 49 parishes
Allowing for 40,000 in Harare, this would give a total of approximately 77,000 Anglicans.
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