Ndukuba called the election of Vann, a partnered lesbian, “an abandonment of the faith.” Shehata, a member of the commission for “good disagreement,” said it “risk[s] rendering our efforts fruitless.”
Bishop Samy Fawzy Shehata, a theologian with extensive ecumenical and interfaith experience, will succeed Mouneer Anis, a key Global South leader. Shehata will lead the largest diocese of the Communion's newest province, the Province of Alexandria, which will elect its first archbishop later this year.
