Anthony Poggo named Anglican Communion secretary general
(Episcopal News Service)
Anthony Poggo, a South Sudanese bishop who was forced with his family into exile before he was a year old, has been named as the next secretary general of the Anglican Communion. Poggo, the former bishop of Kajo Keji in the Episcopal Church of South Sudan, is currently the archbishop of Canterbury’s adviser on Anglican Communion affairs.
He will take up his new role in September, succeeding Josiah Idowu-Fearon, who is stepping down this summer.
Poggo was ordained a deacon in 1995 and a priest in 1996. In 2007 he was elected bishop of Kajo Keji, a position he held until 2016, when he moved to Lambeth Palace to support the archbishop of Canterbury.
