PRESS RELEASE : The Archbishop of Canterbury visits Guatemala [June 2024]

The press release issued by the Foreign Office on 1 June 2024.

The Most Reverend Justin Welby Archbishop of Canterbury is in Guatemala at the beginning of a 12-day tour to Central America.

The Archbishop will meet Anglican churches, ecumenical communities and religious and political leaders. The British Ambassador, Nick Whittingham, joined him today at a meeting with the President of Guatemala, His Excellency Bernardo Arévalo.

His visit will take him to El Salvador, Costa Rica, and Panama as well. The Archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and a principal leader of the Church of England, the ceremonial head of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury.

The full statement from the Church of England here.