Somewhere over 600 bishops from 36 Anglican provinces are now arrived in Canterbury, England for the 14th Lambeth Conference which runs July 16 through August 3. Around 200 bishops have chosen to boycott the gathering. Most of the boycotting bishops are from central African provinces. Two provinces--Nigeria and Uganda--will not have any bishops attending. Though not invited, Bishop Gene Robinson is present at Canterbury, and meeting with Anglicans in gatherings outside the official conference program. Most U.S. bishops are present, including those in the Anglican Communion Network (Pittsburgh, Fort Worth, Quincy, South Carolina, Springfield et al).
Both of Chicago's bishops are there along with their spouses: Bishop Jeffrey Lee and Lisa Lee; and Assistant Bishop Victor Scantlebury and Marcia Scantlebury. Interestingly, both bishops are also assigned as press briefing bishops for the morning press briefings. Bishop Lee will be on the briefing panel July 22. Bishop Scantlebury has been paired with Bishop Peter Beckwith of Springfield for a briefing.
View the video messages of Bishop Lee and Bishop Scantlebury. Bishop Lee has a webcam on his notebook and will occasionally be posting his thoughts to youtTube. Check this page for links.
The official Lambeth Conference website has a photo library with fairly extensive coverage of the proceedings, including the concurrent Spouses Conference.
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