The Rev. Justin Lewis-Anthony will be the new deputy director of the Anglican Centre in Rome.
Lewis-Anthony, who will take up his new role in February, has previously served as precentor and cathedral chaplain at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford; rector of St. Stephen’s Church, Hackington, in the Diocese of Canterbury; associate dean of students and director of Anglican Studies at Virginia Theological Seminary; and associate fellow at the Oxford Centre of Ecclesiastical and Practical Theology.
His books include Circles of Thorns: Hieronymus Bosch and Being Human (Bloomsbury, 2008), If You Meet George Herbert on the Road, Kill Him: Radically Re-Thinking Priestly Ministry (Bloomsbury, 2009) and You Are the Messiah and I Should Know: Why Leadership Is a Myth (and Probably a Heresy) (Bloomsbury, 2013).
“I am delighted that Justin Lewis-Anthony is joining the team at the Anglican Centre,” said Archbishop Bernard Ntahoturi, director of the Anglican Centre in Rome. “He brings a wealth of experience, which will be invaluable.”
The Rev. Marcus Walker, whom Lewis-Anthony succeeds, will become rector of St. Bartholomew the Great in the City of London.
Adapted from ACNS
Matthew Townsend is a Halifax-based freelance journalist and volunteer advocate for survivors of sexual misconduct in Anglican settings. He served as editor of the Anglican Journal from 2019 to 2021 and communications missioner for the Anglican Diocese of Quebec from 2019 to 2022. He and his wife recently entered catechism class in the Orthodox Church in America.
