New Zealand Archbishop named Anglican Church's representative in Rome -

New Zealand Archbishop named Anglican Church’s representative at Vatican

Friday, December 7th, 2012

The Bishop of Waikato has been appointed as the Anglican Church’s representative to the Catholic Church.

Archbishop David Moxon is currently the Bishop of Waikato, Senior Bishop of the New Zealand Dioceses and an Archbishop of the Anglican Church in New Zealand and Polynesia.

He will step down from these roles in April and expects to take up the roles as the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Representative to the Holy See and the Director of the Anglican Centre in Rome in May next year.

The representative role involves relating to the Vatican and the Pope on behalf of the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Anglican Communion; while the Anglican Centre is an Anglican “embassy” in Rome which promotes Christian unity though hospitality, prayer and education – and which brokers new joint endeavours by the Catholic and Anglican churches.

Archbishop Rowan Williams says he and the Governors of the Anglican Centre in Rome are delighted with the appointment.

“There can be few people in the Communion so well qualified for this work.

“Archbishop David has done distinguished service to the Anglican – Roman Catholic dialogue both locally and globally, and brings to this post both a wealth of experience and a range of profound friendships across the confessional frontiers. I wish him every blessing in his new role.”

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