Status: 2023
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The Anglican Communion is a family of 42 autonomous and independent-yet-interdependent national, pan-national and regional churches in communion with the see of Canterbury. These webpages showcase something of the work of the member Churches, official networks and commissions, and the Anglican Communion Office, the global secretariat for the Anglican Communion and its four Instruments of Communion.
The Council of Anglican Provinces of Africa (CAPA) is a regional Faith Based Organization that was established in 1979 in Chilema, Malawi, by the Anglican Primates of Africa. CAPAโs goal is to coordinate and articulate issues affecting the Church and communities across the African region.
The Council operates in 15 Anglican Provinces in 35 African countries where the Church has its presence. The Provinces are: Alexandria (Algeria, Egypt, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Libya, Tunisia and Somalia) Burundi, Central Africa โ (Botswana, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe), Congo, Igreja Anglicana de Mocambique e Angola (Anglola and Mozambique), Indian Ocean (Madagascar, Seychelles and Mauritius), Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Southern Africa (Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa and Eswatini), Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, West Africa (Cameroon,Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia) and South Sudan.
Canons Law
CHAPTER I: LEGISLATIVE BODIES
CANON 1: OF THE PROVINCIAL SYNOD
CHAPTER II: MINISTERS OF THE CHURCH
CANON 2: OF THE METROPOLITAN
CANON 3: OF THE SYNOD OF BISHOPS
CANON 4: OF THE ELECTION OF BISHOPS
CANON 5: OF THE ELECTION AND MINISTRY OF THE ARCHBISHOP OF CAPE TOWN AND OF THE BISHOP OF TABLE BAY
CANON 6: OF MISSIONARY DIOCESES AND MISSIONARY BISHOPS
CANON 7: OF CONFIRMATION OF BISHOPS
CANON 8: OF CONSECRATION OF BISHOPS, AND COLLATION AND ENTHRONEMENT OF DIOCESAN BISHOPS
CANON 9: OF THE BISHOPโS VETO IN THE SYNOD OF HIS DIOCESE
CANON 10: OF BISHOPS SUFFRAGAN, REGIONAL OR AREA BISHOPS AND ASSISTANT BISHOPS
CANON 11: OF RESIDENCE OF DIOCESAN BISHOPS
CANON 12: OF DIOCESAN BISHOPS TEMPORARILY INCAPACITATED
CANON 13: OF DIOCESAN BISHOPS SUFFERING FROM MENTAL INCAPACITY
CANON 14: OF RESIGNATION OF DIOCESAN BISHOPS
CANON 15: OF ARCHDEACONS
CANON 16: OF DECLARATIONS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS TO BE MADE BY BISHOPS AND CLERGY
CANON 17: OF CLERGY SUFFERING FROM MENTAL INCAPACITY
CANON 18: OF ADMISSION TO THE ORDERS OF BISHOP, PRIEST AND DEACON
CANON 19: OF ORDAINED PERSONS WHO ABANDON THE SERVICE OF THE CHURCH
CANON 20: OF LAY MINISTERS
CHAPTER III: DIOCESES
CANON 21: OF FORMATION OF DIOCESES
CANON 22: OF SPIRITUALITIES AND REVENUES OF VACANT BISHOPRICS
CHAPTER IV : PASTORAL CHARGES
CANON 23: OF PASTORAL CHARGES
CANON 24: OF INCUMBENTS AND OTHER CLERICS
CANON 25: OF THE TENURE OF THE CLERGY
CANON 26: OF RESIDENCE OF CLERGY
CANON 27: OF VESTRIES
CANON 28: OF PARISH COUNCILS
CANON 29: OF CHURCHWARDENS AND CHAPEL WARDENS
CANON 30: OF THE ADMISSION OF CHURCHWARDENS, CHAPELWARDENS AND PARISH COUNCILLORS
CANON 31: OF DISPOSAL AND ALTERATIONS OF CHURCHES
CANON 32: OF REGISTERS, RECORDS AND INVENTORIES
CHAPTER V : SERVICES
CANON 33: OF THE SERVICES OF THE CHURCH
CHAPTER VI : DISCIPLINE
CANON 34: OF HOLY MATRIMONY
CANON 35: OF PASTORAL DISCIPLINE
CHAPTER VII: ECCLESIASTICAL TRIBUNALS
INTRODUCTORY AFFIRMATIONS TO THE CANONS IN CHAPTER VII
CANON 36: OF THE TRIBUNALS OF THE CHURCH
CANON 37: OF JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS
CANON 38: OF PROCEEDINGS AGAINST BISHOPS
CANON 39: OF PROCEEDINGS AGAINST PRIESTS AND DEACONS
CANON 40: OF JUDICIAL SENTENCES
CANON 41: OF APPEALS
CHAPTER VIII: ADMINISTRATION
CANON 42: OF TRUSTS
CANON 43: OF THE PROVINCIAL STANDING COMMITTEE
CANON 44: OF PROVINCIAL OFFICERS
CANON 45: OF THE COMMON PROVINCIAL FUND
CANON 46: OF THE PROVINCIAL PENSION FUND
CANON 47: CHARTER FOR ANGLICAN INSTITUTIONS
CHAPTER IX : ORDER OF ETHIOPIA
CANON 48: OF THE ORDER OF ETHIOPIA (deleted)
CHAPTER X : PROVINCIAL CANONS
CANON 49: OF PROPOSED ALTERATIONS TO CANONS
CANON 50: OF THE INTERPRETATION OF THE LAWS AND CANONS OF THIS CHURCH
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