Word: coggan
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...Donald Coggan, 64, named by the Queen last week as the 101st Archbishop of Canterbury, may be the last primate chosen by this method. He will take over from A. Michael Ramsey, who will retire in November at the age of 70, a church that is struggling to gain greater independence from the state* and, above all, to survive despite the enormous apathy among its members...
...choice was not unexpected among either ecclesiastics or London bookmakers, who were giving Coggan 2 to 1 odds at the time of his nomination...
...bets on the successor to the Most Rev. Michael Ramsey, who will retire in November. Offering official, if not divine guidance for the plan, the Church Times provided Ladbroke's with some of the names and chances of the 13 likely candidates. Early favorite, the Most Rev. Donald Coggan, Archbishop of York, is now tied at 3 to 1 with Bishop John Howe. Not everyone has greeted this extension of weekly bingo in the church hall with delight, however. Mrs. Rosalind Runcie, wife of the Bishop of St. Albans, the Rt. Rev. Robert Runcie, currently quoted...
Captain Kathy Allen led the defense and added four points. Dardy Robinson and Diane Coggan got two points a piece...
...Church," with particular reference to faith, ministry and church union. Subordinate topics for consideration range widely, from the proper relationship between Christianity and secularism to such purely ecclesiastical issues as Prayer Book reform. There is ample opportunity for bishops to raise new issues. Last week, for example, Archbishop Donald Coggan of York formally proposed that women be admitted to the priesthood-an idea that was shouted down by his peers...