Anglican Centre in Rome

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Anglican Centre in Rome is an ecumenical organisation which is dedicated to improving relations between the Anglican Communion and the Roman Catholic Church.

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It was founded in 1966 with the encouragement of Michael Ramsey, Archbishop of Canterbury, and Pope Paul VI on the wave of ecumenical enthusiasm engendered by the Second Vatican Council and the birth of the Anglican–Roman Catholic International Commission.

The Centre is housed by the Doria Pamphilj family in Palazzo Doria Pamphilj, Piazza del Collegio Romano in historic Rome.

Director

The Director of the Centre is also the Archbishop of Canterbury's Representative to the Holy See; they have always been Anglican clergy and often bishops. The current director is Ian Ernest (previously Archbishop of the Indian Ocean and Bishop of Mauritius). [1]

List of directors

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References

  1. "Archbishop Ian Ernest". The Anglican Communion News Service. 15 November 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  2. "The Reverend Harry Smythe". The Daily Telegraph. 9 August 2005. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  3. "Howard Eugene Root" . Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing . Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  4. "Reginald Bruce Ruddock" . Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing . Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  5. "Archbishop Ian Ernest". The Anglican Communion News Service. 15 November 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.