Behind the Name
Every month, StOM prints the Anglican Calendar of Prayer, but have you
ever thought about what or who lies behind the name and place specified
every Sunday?
In each issue, we will feature some information about the
person/people/places for whom your prayers are being asked.
On her ordination Reverend Ellinah
Wamukoya, Bishop – Swaziland was listed
amongst the 100 most influential Africans
http://newafricanmagazine.com/100-most-
influential-africans-religion/
“Influential women are not only found in
business and politics. Reverend Ellinah
Ntombi Wamukoya has made inroads in
influential leadership in one unique and still
largely male-dominated area – the
priesthood. She is calling the shots as the
first-ever female Anglican bishop to be
consecrated on African soil. Wamukoya’s
appointment in 2012 heralded a significant turning point not only for the
Anglican Church, but more so in the largely conservative Kingdom of
Swaziland, from where she hails, and she is now considered an unlikely
feminist hero.”
The Rt Revd Dr Alan Gregory Clayton Smith
was named as the tenth Bishop of St Albans on
13th January 2009. Born 14 February 1957, he
studied at the universities of Birmingham and
Bangor and trained for the priesthood at Wycliffe
Hall, Oxford.
His election as Bishop of St Albans by the College
of Canons of the Cathedral took place on 13
February 2009, and the Confirmation of Election
with the Archbishop of Canterbury followed on 31
March. His inauguration took place on 19
September 2009.
In 2010, he was made an Honorary Doctor of
Divinity by the University of Birmingham.
Among his hobbies are theatre, gardening, walking and skiing.
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