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I must take the time out to acknowledge and honor the United Kingdom's first black Arch Bishop, he is The Most Reverend John Tucker Mugabi Sentamu (born 10 June 1949 in Kampala, Uganda) is the 97th Archbishop of York, Metropolitan of the province of York, and Primate of England. He is the second most senior cleric in the Church of England, after the Archbishop of Canterbury. I don't believe that the new Arch Bishop of York is going to be a pushover for he is causing a little uproar already, but truth has a tendency to have that kind of effect. The Archbishop of York has claimed that The Government of Great Britain has failed to find a vision for the country and has not built a cohesive society, that racism had been allowed to flourish and that Britain was no longer the "great nation" it once had been. Instead, it was a nation in crisis. "Britain is in a very, very uncomfortable place," he said. Who is This Holy Man? John Sentamu was born in 1949 in a village near Kampala, Uganda, the sixth of thirteen children. He read law at Makerere University, Kampala, and practiced as an advocate of the High Court of Uganda. Sentamu practiced both Law at the Bar and at the Bench until 1974. He incurred the wrath of dictator Idi Amin because of his judicial independence and was locked up for ninety days, three weeks after his marriage.In a speech in 2007 he described how during that time he had been "kicked around like a football and beaten terribly", saying "the temptation to give up hope of release was always present". In 1974 he fled to the United Kingdom. He read theology at Selwyn College, Cambridge (BA 1976, MA 1979, PhD 1984), and trained for the priesthood at Ridley Hall, Cambridge, being ordained a priest in 1979. He worked as assistant chaplain at Selwyn College, as chaplain at a remand center, and as curate, priest and vicar in a series of parish appointments before his consecration in 1996 as Bishop of Stepney (a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of London). It was during this time that he served as advisor to the Stephen Lawrence Judicial Enquiry. In 2002 he chaired the Damilola Taylor review. That same year he was appointed Bishop of Birmingham, where his ministry, according to the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, was praised by "Christians of all backgrounds". Sentamu became President of Youth For Christ in 2004 and President of the YMCA in April 2005. On 17 June 2005 the Prime Minister's office announced his translation to York as the 97th Archbishop. He was formally elected by the Canons of York Minster on 21 July, legally confirmed as Archbishop in London on 5 October, and enthroned at York Minster on 30 November 2005 (the feast of Saint Andrew), at a ceremony with African singing and dancing and contemporary music, with the Archbishop himself playing African drums during the service. On 16 July 2007, Sentamu was presented with an Honorary Degree from the University of Hull by the chancellor of the university Virginia Bottomley at Hull City Hall during the graduation ceremony for graduates of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. On 19 July 2007, he was presented with an Honorary Degree (Doctor of Letters) from the University of Sheffield in recognition of his distinguished career as a scholar and theologian. In October 2007, Archbishop Sentamu was awarded the Yorkshire man of the Year title by the Black Sheep Brewery. In his acceptance speech, Dr Sentamu praised the welcome he had received from the people of Yorkshire, and made reference to the African-Yorkshire DNA connection, joking that perhaps his parents had this in mind when they gave him the name Mugabi, which spelled backwards is Ibagum (ee-by-gum). As the Church of England's first black archbishop, Sentamu has played a leading role in fighting racism. He criticized the Government's policy on asylum seekers after visiting Oakington immigration detention center in Cambridgeshire, where he talked with people who have been housed with convicts. Speaking at Cambridge University, the Archbishop accused the Government of trying to put a positive spin on the impact of its policies when, in fact, Britain had lost its standing abroad and was in crisis domestically because it no longer had a "vision for coherence or purpose". "The loss of purpose has led to a crisis in Britain and a crisis for Christianity," he said. "At the heart of the empire was very strong mission and enterprise. British goods used to be very good, but not any more. Something has gone wrong. Britain needs a bigger vision." He stressed the importance of Britain not losing its Christian heritage which, he said, could be a "medicine" for the nation's ills. Congratulations Archbishop Sentamu, May God Bless You With The Light of His Understanding and May He Continues To Protect You. And be happy you don't live in the United States during a presidential election. If you did you would make BIG NEWS.
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