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Most populous nation: Should India rejoice or panic? sort by. [14][11], For a week in August 2006, Sentamu camped in York Minster, forgoing food in solidarity with those affected by the Middle East conflict, especially the children and other civilians killed and injured during the 2006 Lebanon War, when cluster bombs were used by Israeli forces. He was appointed Bishop of Birmingham the same year and became heavily involved with issues affecting the community. All rights reserved. As archbishop, he has gathered bishops from across the north to go out together on missions to towns and cities where Sentamu would engage with anyone from shoppers to schoolchildren to talk about God. John Sentamu is a world-class showman who is divinely inspired, reported Liz Hunt of the. In an early TV appearance in 1988 he joined, among others, Ray Honeyford, Ann Dummett and Lurline Champagnie to discuss "Race and the classroom" on After Dark. Before his inauguration in November 2005, Dr Sentamu spoke of his hopes for a "creative partnership" with the Archbishop of Canterbury. Create a new list. He is now based in Zimbabwe, where he and his wife Elizabeth run their own media consultancy and fashion house called "African Interest" which trades under the trademark "I am African". Misinformation? BBC 2014 The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. While you will be able to view the content of this page in your current browser, you will not be able to get the full visual experience. N.B. He asked the crowd to join him in prayer extolling the virtues of teamwork and harmony in sport. Born: John Tucker Mugabi Sentamu, 10 June 1949, near Kampala, Uganda. What had the Ugandan seen to not want it anymore? He obtained an LLB degree from Makerere University, Kampala in 1971, and practised as an advocate of the High Court of Uganda until 1974, being briefly a judge of the High Court. Follow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. He said that he had conducted wedding services for "many cohabiting couples" during his time as a vicar in south London, and said, "We are living at a time where some people, as my daughter used to say, want to test whether the milk is good before they buy the cow. He rose through the Church of England and was tipped for the top role of Archbishop of Canterbury before Justin Welby was appointed in 2013. In May 2016 Sentamu was one of six bishops accused of procedural misconduct by a survivor of child sex abuse (the accusation was to do with how the complaint was handled; none of the six were involved in the abuse). He who has never sinned, said Jesus, let him cast the first stone. Read about our approach to external linking. Speaking on BBC Sunday, Sentamu discussed his conversations with the Queen surrounding death. [39] In a 2010 debate in the House of Lords, Sentamu was critical of the standards of "reasonable grounds to suspect" applied by police.[40]. I bet by now you are getting the drift of my enquiry because as late as 10 October 2012, the Daily Telegraph was reporting that: Dr John Sentamu was a strong contender to take over as the global head of the Anglican church This came amid claims that church leaders were in deadlock and could take months to nominate a new Archbishop of Canterbury.