George Carey
George Carey
George Leonard Carey, Baron Carey of Clifton, PC, FRSAis a retired Anglican bishop who was the Archbishop of Canterbury from 1991 to 2002. During his time as archbishop the Church of England ordained its first women priests and the debate over attitudes to homosexuality became more prominent, especially at the 1998 Lambeth Conference of Anglican bishops...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionReligious Leader
Date of Birth13 November 1934
elderly herself ignored
I see it as an elderly lady, who mutters away to herself in a corner, ignored most of the time.
expert management people
People have described me as a ''management bishop'' but I say to my critics, ''Jesus was a management expert too.''
afford four round worship
Worship comes first of course, but this (the World Cup) comes round only every four years so we can afford to be flexible.
prayer fire
When the fire of prayer goes out, the barrenness of busyness takes over.
unity growing missions
In my time as Archbishop of Canterbury I've seen a growing sense of unity and mission.
want kingdoms roles
God loves us all, wants us all to share his kingdom, has a role for us all.
religious hands scripture
We have lobbed verses of Scripture, like hand grenades, into the camps of others, convinced we only have truth.
numbers warning growing
And so in my warnings, I was pointing to a number of incidents around the communion that could undermine our growing sense of communion - of becoming a global communion. So that's why I pointed to New Westminster in Canada, to incidents in the United States, and Sydney itself.