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South Sudanese Anglican bishop
The Right Reverend
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
South Sudan
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.

Early life and education

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. Poggo was educated at the University of Juba and Oxford Brookes University.

Career

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. 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. In 2022, he succeeded Josiah Idowu-Fearon as secretary-general of the Anglican Communion.

References

  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. ^ "The Living Church". The Living Church Foundation. 14 June 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  4. "Anthony Poggo of South Sudan to be the next ACC general secretary". Anglican Ink. 14 June 2022. 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 byManasseh Dawidi Bishop of Kajo-Keji
2007–2016 		Succeeded byEmmanuel Murye Modi
Preceded byJosiah Idowu-Fearon Secretary-General of the Anglican Communion
Since 2022 		Incumbent


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