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  Anglicans enthrone first black archbishop - Boston.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Sentamu is the first fl archbishop in the nearly 500-year history of the state Church of England, founded when King Henry VIII broke with the Vatican over his desire to divorce his first wife, Katherine of Aragon.
Sentamu, who moved to Britain in 1974 after clashing with Ugandan dictator Idi Amin, was installed as the 97th archbishop of York in a ceremony featuring dancers in leopard skin-print outfits, their heads covered in feathers, performing a dance of rejoicing and thanksgiving.
Sentamu, who had been a barrister and a judge in Uganda, was studying in England when his friend, Archbishop Janani Luwum, was murdered by Amin's agents in 1977.
www.boston.com /news/world/europe/articles/2005/11/30/anglicans_name_first_black_archbishop   (741 words)

  
 John Sentamu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Most Reverend and Right Honourable John Tucker Mugabi Sentamu, FRSA (born 1949) is the Archbishop of York.
Sentamu was born in 1949 in a village near Kampala, Uganda, the sixth of thirteen children.
Sentamu was appointed a High Court judge at the age of 24 by the newly-ascendent Idi Amin; but his judicial independence earned the dictator's ire and he suffered threats and physical violence before fleeing to the United Kingdom in 1974.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Sentamu   (386 words)

  
 Dr John Sentamu Biography
Sentamu was born in 1949, one of thirteen children in a village near Kampala, Uganda.
Sentamu was a judge in the High Court in Uganda where he incurred the disapproval of Idi Amin.
Sentamu was made Bishop of Stepney in 1996 and Bishop of Birmingham in 2002.
www.biogs.com /famous/sentamu.html   (170 words)

  
 The Kew Continuum: A Historic Appointment Considered
Sentamu's predecessor was the godly and gracious David Hope, one of the last of the pious old-fashioned Anglo-Catholic prelates of the Church of England -- a godly man deeply rooted in Word and Sacraments.
John Sentamu is in his mid-fifties and is the only Ugandan in the English House of Bishops.
John Sentamu is an intelligent and highly able man, so it would be patronizing and diminishing to suggest that his appointment is symbolic.
richardkew.blogspot.com /2005/06/historic-appointment-considered.html   (759 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | A cleric's journey: from Idi Amin's Uganda to York
John Sentamu, the church's first fl archbishop, was on his way to visit his new province.
The Ugandan-born Sentamu, 56 - currently Bishop of Birmingham - was named yesterday by Downing Street, in the quaint tradition of senior appointments in the established church, as the new Archbishop of York.
Sentamu will move from the comfortable suburban villa of bishops of Birmingham into the partly medieval if somewhat scruffy splendour of Bishopthorpe Palace on the banks of the Ouse outside York, a stone's throw from the starting gates on the nearby racecourse.
www.guardian.co.uk /uk_news/story/0,3604,1509282,00.html   (871 words)

  
 Spero News | Ugandan-born Sentamu UK's first African Archbishop
Ugandan-born John Tucker Mugabi Sentamu was inaugurated as the 97th Archbishop of York during a colorful and ground-breaking ceremony at York's ancient Minster in Northern England on November 30, making him the first African to hold the position.
Sentamu will be a leading spokesman on behalf of the Church of England and one of the Presidents of the General Synod, the Church of England's main governing body, and the Archbishop's Council.
Born and educated in Uganda, Sentamu graduated in Law from Makerere University, Kampala, and is an Advocate of the High Court of Uganda.
www.speroforum.com /site/article.asp?idCategory=33&idsub=124&id=2224   (863 words)

  
 Christian News, Updated Daily - Christian Today > New Archbishop of York Calls for Return to Life-Changing ...
Sentamu is the first fl archbishop in the nearly 500-year history of the state Church of England, In his sermon, Sentamu urged Britons to return to the "long tradition of Christian wisdom which brought to birth the English nation." (AP Photo/John Giles/pool)
The Ugandan born and educated Dr John Tucker Mugabi Sentamu was enthroned yesterday as Britain’s first fl archbishop at a service that pushed aside all traditional protocol.
Dr Sentamu was taken by boat from his official residence at Bishopthorpe Palace along the River Ouse to the rhythm of a five-strong team of drummers.
www.christiantoday.com /news/church/new.archbishop.of.york.calls.for.return.to.life.changing.christianity/910.htm   (999 words)

  
 GetReligion: February 3, 2006
John Sentamu and I first met twenty years ago in the Rank Room of Wesley Hall, Cambridge.
John Sentamu, a fellow Ugandan, was originally a judge in the High Court of Uganda.
The new Archbishop of York is to be the Rt Revd Dr John Sentamu, currently Bishop of Birmingham.
www.getreligion.org /?p=856   (903 words)

  
 Anglican Communion News Service
In an ancient formal legal ceremony accompanied by hymns, soloist, drums, brass and an address from Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, the Most Revd John Sentamu was confirmed as Archbishop of York in St Mary Le Bow Church, London on October 5th.
A majority of the House of Bishops was present as well as Mrs Margaret Sentamu and members of the family, friends and officials of the Church of England and the Anglican Communion.
Dr John Sentamu is then presented as Archbishop by his Advocate and makes the usual Oath of Allegiance to the Queen and Declaration of Assent to the historic formularies of the Church of England.
www.anglicancommunion.org /acns/articles/40/25/acns4043.cfm   (505 words)

  
 The Diocese of York - Admin & Info: Ministry   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Picture of Dr John Sentamu (1) approaching York Minster with the Bishop of Hull on 17th June 2005, after the announcement that he is to be the next Archbishop of York.
Picture of Dr John Sentamu (2) and his wife Margaret being greeted on the steps of York Minster by the Dean of York on 17th June 2005, after the announcement that he is to be the next Archbishop of York.
Picture of Dr John Sentamu (4) at the press conference in York Minster Chapter House on 17th June 2005, after the announcement that he is to be the next Archbishop of York.
www.salvonet.com /diocese/adminandinfo10.shtml   (695 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | UK | Profile: Archbishop John Sentamu
John Sentamu became Britain's first fl archbishop when he took up his post in York.
John Tucker Mugabi Sentamu, 56, was born near Kampala, in Uganda, in 1949.
Archbishop Sentamu was an adviser to the inquiry into the Stephen Lawrence murder, and chaired the inquiry which criticised police methods following the stabbing of Damilola Taylor.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk/4102960.stm   (429 words)

  
 Tim Worstall: John Sentamu.
Even the new Archbishop of York, the Rt Rev John Sentamu, was said to be "horrified" by the takeover.
The Rt Rev John Sentamu, who was today appointed the Church of England's first fl Archbishop, has made his name as a passionate voice against racism in Britain.
He was born John Tucker Mugabi Sentamu, the sixth of 13 children, near Kampala in Uganda in 1949.
timworstall.typepad.com /timworstall/2005/10/john_sentamu.html   (477 words)

  
 Luke O'Farrell: Tied Up and Drowning: How Midgets Are Murdering a Giant
First, meet Dr John Sentamu, who is, as the Malaysians say, fl as Adam's shit (Whites must have infected them with racism during colonial days).
Dr John Sentamu, the Archbishop-designate of York, has used the foreword of a new book implicitly to criticise fellow Church leaders for failing to deal properly with discrimination.
Sentamu won't do either, of course, because if he did that he'd be opposing the real institutional racism infecting Britain: institutional racism against Whites.
www.heretical.com /ofarrell/drowning.html   (1386 words)

  
 ABC News: Anglicans Name First Black Archbishop   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The drums resounded as Sentamu traveled by boat along the River Ouse from his official residence to the ceremony celebrating his becoming the 97th archbishop of York, the church's second-highest cleric after the archbishop of Canterbury.
Sentamu on Oct. 10 became the first fl archbishop in the nearly 500-year history of the state Church of England, founded when King Henry VIII broke with the Vatican over his desire to divorce his first wife, Katherine of Aragon.
In his sermon, Sentamu quoted Michael Ramsey, a former archbishop of York and Canterbury, by asking: "Why have we in England turned this glorious gospel of life in the Spirit into a cumbersome organization that repels, and whose people are dull and complacent?"
abcnews.go.com /International/wireStory?id=1358437&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312   (459 words)

  
 The Christian Post   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Ugandan-born John Sentamu, a popular, socially liberal figure who led Church opposition to the Iraq war, has taken over as Archbishop of York, the Church said Friday.
As archbishop, 57-year-old Sentamu, whose cathedral is the world-famous Gothic building of York Minster, is the second-most important figure in the Church of England after Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams.
Sentamu replaces Dr David Hope, who stood down as Archbishop of York in February to take the far more humble post of Vicar of Ilkley, a parish in Yorkshire, northern England.
www.christianpost.com /php_functions/print_friendly.php?tbl_name=church&id=2127   (216 words)

  
 Bishop of Birmingham, Dr. John Sentamu, becomes new YMCA President   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
John Sentamu was born in 1949, the sixth of 13 children.
Bishop Sentamu has served on a very wide range of committees, both part of and separate from the Church of England.
Bishop Sentamu commented: 'I am delighted to be part of this wonderful organisation which reaches out to young people in need across the world.
www.ymca.org.uk /pooled/articles/BF_NEWSART/view.asp?Q=BF_NEWSART_130494   (558 words)

  
 Ugandan-born Bishop Named Archbishop of York   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Anglicans everywhere should rejoice in the newly-announced appointment of the Rt Rev’d Dr John Sentamu, Bishop of Birmingham, to become Archbishop of York and Primate of England.
Bishop Sentamu’s appointment may give new vigor to questions about the appointment of the Archbishop of Canterbury, with renewed calls for +Cantuar to be elected by the Communion, not appointed by the Crown.
I also cannot help but think that Bishop Sentamu’s appointment will be good for confessing Anglicanism the world round, and for an understanding throughout the Churches of the power of the gospel to change lives and to challenge the unrighteousness and injustice of human societies.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/religion/1424911/posts?q=1&&page=3   (1339 words)

  
 VirtueOnline-News - News - ENGLAND: John Sentamu sworn in as Archbishop of York
Sentamu "Ebor", the new Archbishop for York, as he wishes to be known, beat the bongo drums as his wife Margaret and two adult children showed a largely white congregation stiff with cold how to warm themselves up by dancing to the tune of African songs.
When Dr Sentamu was a judge in Uganda he showed enormous courage in handing down judgements that ran against the politics of Idi Amin.
John Sentamu has the courage of a lion, a heart for the gospel, and grace fearlessly to shine God's love into the darkest corners of the world.
www.virtueonline.org /portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=3324   (3310 words)

  
 American Anglican Council :: BlogSite: Bishop tries to rally church: Howard vows St. John's will 'move forward'
The meeting followed the heated resignation Sunday of St. John's pastor Eric Dudley, who left to start a new Anglican church that is expected to draw away as many as half of St. John's 1,500-plus congregation.
Dudley, who was pastor at St. John's for 10 years, was the second Tallahassee Episcopal priest to break with the church since the 2003 ordination of a gay bishop by the national church.
Several St. John's members who said they were staying with the church nonetheless expressed their dissatisfaction over the direction of the national Episcopal Church.
aacblog.classicalanglican.net /archives/001101.html   (1837 words)

  
 Archbishop of York announced | Church of England
Downing Street has this morning announced the approval of The Queen for the appointment of the Rt Revd Dr John Sentamu, currently Bishop of Birmingham, to succeed the Rt Revd Dr David Hope as the next Archbishop of York.
Bishop Sentamu is married to Margaret, a Senior Selection Secretary in the Ministry Division of the Archbishops’ Council, and they have two grown-up children, Grace and Geoffrey.
Bishop Sentamu was on the General Synod from 1985 to 1996.
www.cofe.anglican.org /news/pr5005.html   (845 words)

  
 Christian News, Updated Daily - Christian Today > Church of England’s First Black Archbishop Installed Wednesday
Dr John Sentamu, the Church of England's first ever fl Archbishop, will take up his new post in the Church as Archbishop of York.
Dr Sentamu, who fled Uganda under the notorious Idi Amin in 1974, has been a major advocate for racial equality within the church and society, following the public enquiry into the death of fl teenager Stephen Lawrence.
Dr Sentamu was one of the contributors to the recently published book, ‘Rejection, Resistance and Resurrection’ by Mukti Barton which laid bare racial discrimination within the Church of England.
www.christiantoday.com /news/church/church.of.englands.first.black.archbishop.installed.wednesday/823.htm   (510 words)

  
 surefish.co.uk: faith - Archbishop of York   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The announcement of John Sentamu's election as Archbishop of York, which I heard on Radio 4, was a revelation to me. Apparently you say, 'SENT-a-mu' (or centre-moo, if you will), not Sen-TAR-mu.
The appointment of John Sentamu (say it aloud to practice) is a happy measure of that distance.
In the face of all this, the appointment of John Sentamu is not just an emblem of how far we've come, but a welcome lift on the road to where we have to get to.
www.fish.co.uk /faith/features/210605_john_sentamu.htm   (669 words)

  
 Church of England   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The Synod of Whitby in 664 was notable in that Oswiu of Northumbria decided to follow Roman rather than Celtic practices.
As with other parts of medieval Europe, there was tension between the English king and the Pope about civil judicial authority over clerics, taxes and the wealth of the Church, and appointments of bishops, notably during the reigns of Henry II and John.
by John R. Moorman (Paperback - June 1986)
hallencyclopedia.com /Church_of_England   (2114 words)

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