(Archbishop of Canterbury) a worldwide symbol for Anglicans.The Archbishop of Canterbury The Archbishop of Canterbury is the main leader of the Church of England and by convention is also recognised as head of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The current archbishop is Rowan Williams. is primate of the Church of England Church of England: see England, Church of. . While he has no formal jurisdiction outside the Church of England, he is a symbol of the unity of the worldwide Anglican Communion Anglican Communion, the body of churches in all parts of the world that are in communion with the Church of England (see England, Church of). The communion is composed of regional churches, provinces, and separate dioceses bound together by mutual loyalty as , with more than 70 million members. He presides at the Lambeth Conference of Anglican bishops held every 10 years, and at the meetings of the primates, leaders of regional and national Anglican churches. He is President of the Anglican Consultative Council The Anglican Consultative Council or ACC is one of the four "Instruments of Communion" of the Anglican Communion. It was created by a resolution of the 1968 Lambeth Conference. , a constitutional body with representatives from all the provinces of the Anglican Communion and of the united churches of the Indian sub-continent. |
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