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Anthony Poggo

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Anthony Poggo
Secretary General of the Anglican Communion
ProvinceProvince of Canterbury
In office2022 to present
PredecessorJosiah Idowu-Fearon
Other post(s)Bishop of Kajo-Keji
Orders
Ordination1995 (deacon)
1996 (priest)
Consecration2007
Personal details
Born1964
NationalitySouth Sudanese
DenominationAnglicanism
SpouseJane
ChildrenThree
Alma mater

Anthony Poggo (born 1964) is a South Sudanese Anglican bishop. Since 2022, he has been the secretary general of the Anglican Consultative Council and head of the Anglican Communion Office.[1]

Early life and education

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During his childhood, Poggo's father, an Anglican priest, took his children to Uganda to flee the first Sudanese Civil War. They returned in 1973.[2] Poggo was educated at the University of Juba and Oxford Brookes University.[3]

Career

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Poggo worked for the Scripture Union. He was ordained a deacon in 1995 and a priest in 1996. He then joined Across, a Christian mission agency working in Sudan, eventually becoming its executive director.[4] In 2007 he was elected bishop of Kajo-Keji, a position he held until 2016 when he moved to Lambeth Palace to support Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby as his adviser on Anglican Communion affairs.[5] In 2022, he succeeded Josiah Idowu-Fearon as secretary-general of the Anglican Communion.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "The Secretary General". Anglican Communion Web Site. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Former child refugee named as next Secretary General of the Anglican Communion". Anglican Communion News Service. Retrieved 18 March 2024. of Pentland
  3. ^ a b "The Living Church". The Living Church Foundation. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Anthony Poggo of South Sudan to be the next ACC general secretary". Anglican Ink. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  5. ^ "Archbishop of Canterbury appoints Adviser for Anglican Communion Affairs". Archbishop of Canterbury. 4 October 2016. Retrieved 20 March 2024.


Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by
Manasseh Dawidi
Bishop of Kajo-Keji
2007–2016
Succeeded by
Emmanuel Murye Modi
Preceded by Secretary-General of the Anglican Communion
Since 2022
Incumbent