GAFCON Establishes Global Anglican Council, Elects Mbanda as Chairman

Posted on March 6, 2026 
Filed under GAFCON, Global Anglican Communion

From The American Anglican Council –

“Leaders of the GAFCON movement announced a significant development in the ordering of global Anglican leadership this week, dissolving the longstanding Primates Council and establishing a new governing body known as the Global Anglican Council, which is to lead the Global Anglican Communion. The newly formed council will include primates, advisors, and guarantors drawn from bishops, clergy, and lay leaders across the global church, each with full voting privileges. The move represents a shift toward a more conciliar structure intended to reflect the Communion’s wider leadership. As part of this transition, the council unanimously elected Laurent Mbanda, Archbishop of Rwanda, to serve as Chairman of the Global Anglican Council. Miguel Uchoa, Archbishop of the Anglican Church in Brazil, was elected Vice-Chairman, and Paul Donison will continue to serve as General Secretary. …

For many Anglican leaders across the Global South and beyond, the task is no longer simply to protest theological drift within the Communion, but to construct a framework of leadership capable of sustaining orthodox Anglican witness for generations to come.”

– Read it all here. Emphasis added.

Photo thanks to the AAC.