The official list of the Global Anglican Council, set up to lead in a reset Anglican Communion, was released by the Gafcon General Secretary, Paul Donison, overnight. It differs from the list published by The Other Cheek recently – which included people who are likely to join the council but have not yet. The Other Cheek apologises for this error.

It includes Primates (leaders of national churches).

The Most Rev. Laurent Mbanda, Archbishop of Rwanda, who also serves as Chair
The Most Rev. Miguel Uchoa, Anglican Church in Brazil, who serves as Vice Chair
The Most Rev. Henry Ndukuba, Archbishop of All Nigeria
The Most Rev. Stephen Kaziimba, Archbishop of Uganda
The Most Rev. Enrique Lago, Archbishop of Chile
The Most Rev. Siegfried Ngubane, Presiding Bishop of REACH South Africa
The Rt. Rev. Julian Dobbs, Acting Archbishop of the ACNA

Regional advisors who lead churches.

The Most Rev. Kanishka Raffel, Archbishop of Sydney
The Rt. Rev. Jay Behan, Bishop of the Church of Confessing Anglicans in Aotearoa, New Zealand
The Rt. Rev. Andy Lines, Bishop of Anglican Network in Europe
The Rt. Rev. Glenn Davies, Diocese of the Southern Cross 
The Rt. Rev. Yassir Eric, Presiding Bishop of EKKIOS

Guarantors
The Most Rev. Peter Akinola, Emeritus Archbishop of All Nigeria
Mr. Mano Kampouris, Laity, Anglican Church in North America
Yinka Fisher, Laity, Anglican Church of Nigeria

The difference between this list and one list published earlier by The Other Cheek is that several Primates are not currently on the new list. We were advised to use the list of Primates on the Gafcon website – but this Council list is shorter. However, the Council list as published by the American Anglican Council includes the following note, “Primatial leadership is not closed. Additional primates are being actively engaged and informed about the Council’s framework and are being invited in.”

Here is a list of obvious possibilities for council members, who are listed as members of the former Gafcon Council of Primates, which the new Global Anglican Council has replaced.

Georges Titre Ande, Primate of the Anglican Church of the Congo.
Justin Badi Arama, Archbishop of the Episcopal Church of South Sudan.
Stephen Than Myint Oo, Archbishop of the Church of the Province of Myanmar.
Jackson Ole Sapit, Archbishop of the Anglican Church of Kenya.
Samy Fawzy Shehata, Archbishop and Primate of Alexandria.

There is also the possibility that the final list could include other Primates, extending the wide geographic range of the new Global Anglican Council even further. Another change is the substitution of Julian Dobbs, Acting Archbishop of the ACNA, while the Archbishop, Steve Wood, is suspended.