March 1, 2012

Two consultants of the Inter-Anglican Standing Commission on Unity, Faith and Order (IASCUFO, at http://aco.org/ministry/ecumenical/commissions/iascufo/index.cfm) have been reinstated as full members at the request of the Commission's chairman.

The redesignation of Dr Katherine Grieb and Archbishop Tito Zavala as consultants took place as a result of the Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams' Pentecost letter to the Anglican Communion http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acns/news.cfm/2010/5/28/ACNS4704> issued in May 2010.

This latest decision follows a request by IASCUFO chairman Archbishop Bernard Ntahoturi that Archbishop Williams reconsider the application of the letter to IASCUFO so that the consultants can be reinstated as full members for the sake of the work of the Commission.

Acknowledging that members of IASCUFO are present in virtue of skills relevant to the work of the Commission and are not present as representatives of their Provinces, Archbishop Williams has requested that the Secretary General of the Anglican Communion Canon Kenneth Kearon reinstate Archbishop Zavala and Dr Grieb.

Anglican Communion News Service