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The Chairman of the Board, Professor Michael Wright, has announced the appointment of the Reverend Canon James G. Callaway, D.D. as the new General Secretary of CUAC. He will succeed the Reverend Canon Dr. Donald Thompson after their Triennial Conference in Sewanee, Tennessee, May 22-25.

Canon Callaway is currently Deputy for Anglican Partnerships at Trinity Wall Street (USA), a position that involves giving leadership to the parish’s $2.5 million Grant Program. This has involved such things as a current Africa-wide funding program for HIV/AIDS, the Emmaus Consultation of US and Africa Bishops in 2007 which began the focus on support for the Episcopal Church in Sudan, and even goes back to Trinity’s anti-apartheid work with Archbishop Tutu during the apartheid era (for which he was made a Provincial Canon of Southern Africa). He has been with Trinity for thirty years, which has included everything from community fundraising to the expansion of the Trinity (educational) Institute. He is known throughout the Anglican Communion for his work in forging enduring links with the Church in Africa and establishing mutual partnerships as a model for ministry.  

Canon Calloway graduated from the University of the South with a Bachelor of Arts (honors English) in 1966 He went on to complete his Master of Divinity Degree at General Theological Seminary, New York in 1969. He was ordained Priest in 1971, and served as a parish priest in New Jersey until 1980 when he was appointed to Trinity Parish. He further trained in psychiatry and religion with studies at Union Theological Seminary, and he continues that interest to this day with work in education, spiritual growth, and religious retreats.

Jamie (his preferred informal appellation) lives in New York City. He is married to Mary Chilton Callaway, a professor of Old Testament at Fordham University. They have two children: Daniel, a patent lawyer in Silicon Valley in California, and Hannah, who is pursuing her PhD in eighteenth century French history at Harvard University.

Canon Callaway will devote 3/5 time to CUAC for the first three years of his appointment, while retaining a consultant role at Trinity, particularly in Anglican Partnerships. The CUAC office will remain in New York, and an Administrative Assistant will be hired to handle much of the detailed operations of CUAC.

Professor Wright, welcoming Callaway’s appointment, stated "I am in no doubt that CUAC will be well served by Canon Callaway. He brings a wealth of experience to the role and member universities and colleges will relish the opportunity of working with him. The wider Anglican Communion will also benefit from this appointment.”