His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew made Fellow of the Ecclesiastical Law Society
On Saturday 21 June, His All-Holiness Bartholomew, Archbishop of Constantinople and New Rome, gave the final keynote address at our 2025 Conference ‘Nicaea Received’, and was then awarded a Fellowship of the Ecclesiastical Law Society by our President, the Rt Revd Christopher Hill, in Chichester Cathedral.
ELS treasurer Moira Astin appointed Bishop of Crediton
The Ven Moira Astin, Archdeacon of Reigate, has been nominated to the Suffragan See of Crediton in the Diocese of Exeter
Election of Pope Leo XIV
Lee Coley welcomes the election of the new pope.
Conferences & lectures
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Ecclesiastical Law Journal
Published three times a year by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Ecclesiastical Law Society, the Journal publishes articles on all aspects of ecclesiastical law.
Membership
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