Finland: Sudanese Anglican Ordained in Oulu’s Lutheran Cathedral
Amos Manga, a Sudanese deacon of the Episcopal (Anglican) Church of the Sudan who emigrated to Finland was ordained into priesthood according to the Anglican rite in the Oulu Lutheran cathedral on 10 June. This was the first time that such an ordination was taking place in Finland.
Manga’s ordination was officiated by Suffragan Bishop David Hamid of the Anglican Diocese in Europe (Church of England) and Bishop Samuel Salmi of the Diocese of Oulu, Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland (ELCF).
Manga serves as an assistant curate in the Anglican Church in Finland, with responsibility for the spiritual needs of Episcopalian Sudanese living in Oulu district. Whenever required, he will also work elsewhere in Finland.
In the past few years the ELCF Oulu diocese has been very active with Lutheran-Anglican relations, with cooperation much needed because of immigration.
Cooperation is based on the 1993 Porvoo Common Statement between Nordic and Baltic Lutheran churches and British and Irish Anglican churches. (167 words)
(ELCF Church Information Center)
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