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ANGLICAN-INFORMATION: We have received the following letter of invitation to the consecration of the Venerable Francis Kaulanda, currently Archdeacon of Lilongwe, as Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Lake Malawi. The letter has been dispatched widely as an invitation and a fundraiser. We have removed the Diocesan Bank Account details for security reasons.

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From: Kondwani.
For Diocesan Secretary
Diocese of Lake Malawi
P.O. Box 30349
Capital City
LILONGWE 3
Tel: +265 1 796 463
E-mail: anglama@eomw.net

Dear All,

I am happy to let you know that the Diocese of Lake Malawi will be consecrating the Venerable Francis Kaulanda to be the Bishop of the Diocese of Lake Malawi on 2nd May, 2010.

The function will take place at All Saints Cathedral in Nkhotakota (200km away from Lilongwe,the Capital City of Malawi). The function is expected to start at 8:30 am with the consecration and finish with the enthronement in the afternoon.

The preparations for the function are underway, thus I am requesting all who are coming to attend the function to let us know their details-numbers and names of people coming.

The diocese also offers a chance to them who would like to bless this function through their finances to do so. The support can be wired to the following diocesan Accounts:
1. Foreign Currency Denomination Account:
Bank Name : .........................
Account Name : ........................
Account Number: .......................
Branch : .............................
Swift Code : ...........................

2. Current Account
Bank Name : .........................
Account Name : ........................
Account Number: .......................
Branch : ............................
Swift Code : ...........................

The diocese truly need your prayer and support in cash and kind for her to have a colourful function. Surely, 5 years without a Bishop is not a joke thus we expect this to be such a big and a memorable function which will attract people from all walks of life.

May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ increase mightily upon your life as you contribute and pray for this function.

Remain a blessing,

Kondwani
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ANGLICAN INFORMATION comments on the letter:

Good News:
• There is genuine relief for many that the long misused and beleaguered Anglican Diocese of Lake Malawi will at last have a bishop after the death of the late and much loved Peter Nyanja in February 2005.
• The Venerable Francis Kaulanda, the new candidate, has had a good track record as Archdeacon of Lilongwe and worked well as a Malawi representative for the much-respected Micro-Loan Foundation, a UK Charity dispensing small loans to needy Malawians. High hopes are vested in him.

Bad News:
• The Diocese of Lake Malawi is in a parlous financial state with clergy and bills unpaid. This is at least partly due to a collapse in confidence on the part of donors following the longstanding political machinations of the Provincial bishops under former Archbishop Bernard Malango and his subsequent protégé acting Dean Albert Chama who have been seen to be interfering with and manipulating elections in Malawi in general and Lake Malawi in particular.
• In this respect Francis Kaulanda will always carry the burden of doubts about his legitimacy following the never resolved and disputed confirmation of the previously elected bishop. These will emerge whenever things go wrong in the diocese as will the unprecedented number of objectors to Kaulanda’s candidacy and whose views at this stage have merely been suppressed by the Provincial Bishops rather than dealt with.

The next stage – some suggested advice for the new bishop:
• That the new bishop should work hard at convincing donors that his regime is independently trustworthy and merits a resumption of support.
• That he should make a serious effort to build bridges with those many in the diocese who have opposed him.
• That he keep should keep a cautious political distance from the oversight of and association with a Provincial regime that is viewed by many with apprehension and misgiving.

ANGLICAN-INFORMATION wishes Francis Kaulanda and the Diocese of Lake Malawi well and will continue to update you with news both good and bad from the sadly troubled Church of the Central African Province.

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