Augustine, the first Archbishop of Canterbury, 605 AND, thank you Google Doodle, the birthday in 1961 of Sally Ride, the first woman in space.

                                                           Canticle 18: Dignus es

Splen-dor 

and honor 

and kingly power are yours by right, O Lord our God, for you created everything that is &  by your will they 

were created & have their being,

St Augustine of Canterbury                                          Justin Welby 

The current Arch-bishop of Canter-bury , the 104th, is Justin Welby. 

(The ones I have been aware of are  Michael Ramsey, beginning in 1961, Robert Runcie, George Carey, and Rowan Williams. I don’t’ remember who it was, but one of them, when asked what the prerson should call him. quipped, “Oh just call me your amazing grace!”                                              Katherine Jefferts Schori 

Humor and playfulness being for me one of the defining marks of the presence of the Holy Spirit, I loved that!) The current Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church in America (I guess Archbubble didn’t sound democratic enough!)! is Katherine Jefferts Schori. She is the 26th and the first woman. Her 9 year term is up this year and she will not seek re-election so a new PB will be elected at General Convention.  “ Under church law, presiding bishops must be able to complete a full nine-year term before hitting the mandatory retirement age of 72, limiting candidates to those under age 63 at next year’s convention.” 

Pray for the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Church 

of England as well as all the churches in the Anglican Communion worldwide.