Archives of Anglican-Roman Catholic Dialogue

Material in this archive is sorted hierarchically into:

• Fonds (collections of documents generally corresponding to the dialogue commissions and other bodies),
• Series (phases of a dialogue),
• Documents (individual titles), and
• Items (digital files associated with a document). There may be many items associated with the same title.

Within each fond or series, documents are also grouped by genre: agreed statements, minutes, study papers, draft texts, press releases, etc…

Additional material pertinent to these dialogue commissions is available in the private papers of the many members and consultors to the dialogue. Some of these papers have been consigned to public archives. Where we have identified the location of such collections, it is noted in the biographical notes. Please inform editor@iarccum.org of any additional collections.

The sponsoring bodies of the international dialogues are the Anglican Communion Office and the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity. They have approved the opening of the ARCIC archives for material more than 30 years old. Print archival material is available at the Anglican Centre in Rome and at the Lambeth Palace Library. Unpublished items are embargoed 30 years.

The international dialogue commissions

• Joint Preparatory Commission (ARCJPC), 1967-1968 ~ [protocol numbers]

• Commission on the Theology of Marriage (ARCCM), 1967-1975 ~ [protocol numbers]

• Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission
  • First phase: ARCIC I, 1970-1982 ~ [protocol numbers]
  • Second phase: ARCIC II, 1983-2004 ~ [protocol numbers]
  • Third phase: ARCIC-III, 2011-

• Consultation on the Ordination of Women (ARCCOW), 1978 ~ [protocol numbers]

• International Anglican-Roman Catholic Commission for Unity and Mission (IARCCUM), 2001-

National and regional dialogue commissions

• Aotearoa New Zealand & Polynesia – ARC Aotearoa New Zealand & Polynesia (ARCCANZ)
• Australia – Representative Bishops and Consultants of the Anglican and Roman Catholic Churches in Australia
• Australia – Australian Anglican and Roman Catholic Conversation (AUSTARC)
• Belgium – Belgian ARC
• Brazil – ARC-Brazil
• Canada – Anglican-Roman Catholic Dialogue of Canada (ARC-Canada)
• England & Wales – English and Welsh ARC
• France – Comités mixtes Anglican-Catholique de France
• Ireland – ARC Ireland
• Japan – Joint Commission of the Roman Catholic Church and the Nippon Sei Ko Kai
• Nigeria – Nigeria Anglican-Roman Catholic Commission (NARCC)
• Papua New Guinea – ARC Papua New Guinea (ARC-PNG)
• Scotland – Joint Study Group of Representatives of the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland and the Scottish Episcopal Church
• South Pacific – Anglican-Roman Catholic Commission for the South Pacific
• Southern Africa – Anglican-Roman Catholic Commission, Southern Africa (ARC-SA)
• Sri Lanka – ARC Sri Lanka (ARCSRILC)
• USA – Anglican-Roman Catholic Theological Consultation in the U.S.A. (ARC-USA)