Wednesday, November 30, 2005

High hopes for new archbishop
By Robert Pigott

BBC Religious Affairs correspondent

The Church of England celebrates the appointment of its first black archbishop with a feast of sound and colour at York Minster to inaugurate John Sentamu as Archbishop of York.

What is expected of Ugandan-born Dr Sentamu now he is the Church's second in command?
Never before has an archbishop approached his new cathedral with a fanfare to match John Sentamu's - a boat up the River Ouse to the beat of African drums, a walk through the medieval streets of York to the Minster and a service including a Ugandan dance of rejoicing.

No enthronement has echoed to drums and lilting African songs and then ended with the release of doves and balloons.
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