International Visits

Past visits

To read articles and texts relating to the Archbishop's past international visits, go to the World Views section.

The following is a list of past international visits by the Archbishop of Canterbury, most recent first.

(More details of foreign visits made by the Archbishop will be added here in due course)

2007

December - Singapore (Building Bridges Seminar series)

October - Ireland, Italy - Naples (St Egidio Community Annual Meeting), Israel/OPT (dialogue with the Chief Rabbis of Israel)

September - USA (House of Bishops meeting), Armenia (visit to the Armenian Apostolic Church), SyriaLebanon (visit Christian & Muslim communities),

May - Sri Lanka (visit to the Church of Ceylon), Malaysia (consecration of Bishop of West Malaysia and diocesan visit), Singapore ('Anglican Way' consultation on theological education)

April - Canada (House of Bishops' Meeting)

March - South Africa and Angola (Visit to the TEAM Meeting, Johannesburg, and the Anglican Diocese of Angola)

February - Tanzania (Meeting of the Primates of the Anglican Communion, Dar es Salaam)

2006

December - Israel/OPT (ecumenical pilgrimage with Christian leaders of England)

November - Vatican City (Initial Official Visit to HH Pope Benedict XVI)

October - China (visit hosted by the China Christian Council / Three Self Patriotic Movement and the Chinese State Administration for Religious Affairs)

September - Belgium

August - Germany (75th Anniversary celebrations of Bonn Agreement & 29th International Old Catholic Congress)

March - USA (Building Bridges Seminar series, Georgetown)

February / March - Sudan (Visit to the Episcopal Church of Sudan)

February - - Germany (Church of England delegation to the EKD - Evangelical Church); Poland & Germany (celebration of 100th anniversary of Dietrich Bonhoeffer's birth), Brazil (WCC General Assembly)

January - Germany (Church of England delegation to the EKD - Evangelical Church)

2005

November - Belgium (visit to the EU institutions in Brussels), Pakistan (visit to the Church of Pakistan)

October - Egypt (Global South Encounter), Norway (visit to the Church of Norway and meeting of Porvoo Primates)

September – France (Sant'Egidio international meeting in Lyons), Germany (Diocese in Europe clergy conference)

July – Burundi (visit to the Anglican Church in Burundi)

May - Bosnia (Building Bridges Seminar series, Sarajevo), France (visit to the Abbey of Bec Hellouin), Italy (L'Arche Community international meeting in Assisi);  Vatican City (to attend the Inauguration of the Ministry of HH Pope Benedict XVI)

April - Vatican City (to attend the Funeral Mass of HH Pope John Paul II)

February - Ireland (Primates Meeting in Dromantine)

2004

September - Egypt (Al'Azhar Dialogue)

July - Solomon Islands and Vanuatu (visit to the Anglican Church of Melanesia)

June - USA

May - Northern Ireland (visit to the Church of Ireland Synod in Armagh)

March / April - USA

March - Germany

January - Israel/OPT, Jordan (visit to the Diocese of Jerusalem)

2003

November - Turkey (Initial visit to the Ecumenical Patriarch)

October - Vatican City (Initial Official Visit to HH Pope John Paul II)

July / August - Russia

July - Ghana, Gambia, Sierra Leone (visit to the Province of West Africa)

June/July - Norway (Conference of European Churches General Assembly)

May - Brazil (Primates Meeting)

April / May - USA

April - Qatar, Israel/OPT Qatar (Building Bridges Seminar series), Israel/OPT (visit to the Diocese of Jerusalem)

January - Italy (Retreat at Bose monastry)