Dr Christopher Wells
Dr Christopher Wells
Dr Christopher Wells
Dr Christopher Wells
Dr Christopher Wells
Dr Christopher Wells
Dr Christopher Wells
The Secretary General-Designate of the Anglican Communion, Bishop Anthony Poggo; the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby; and the Director-Designate of the Anglican Communion's Unity, Faith & Order department, Dr Christopher Wells
The Secretary General-Designate of the Anglican Communion, Bishop Anthony Poggo; the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby; and the Director-Designate of the Anglican Communion's Unity, Faith & Order department, Dr Christopher Wells. Photo credit: Andrew Baker/ACNS ~ 7 Aug. 2022
Dr Christopher Wells, co-secretary of ARCIC III, and Archbishop Bernard Longley, co-chair, at the dialogue meeting in Larnaca, Cyprus
Dr Christopher Wells, co-secretary of ARCIC III, and Archbishop Bernard Longley, co-chair, at the dialogue meeting in Larnaca, Cyprus. Photo credit: Neil Vigers ~ 11 May 2023

IARCCUM (Secretary, 2022-) and ARCIC-III (Secretary, 2022-)

PhD, University of Notre Dame, 2009
MAR, Yale Divinity School, 2000
BA, St. Olaf College, 1996

2022, Director of Unity, Faith & Order, Anglican Communion Office
2009-2022, Executive Director & Publisher at The Living Church Foundation
Affiliate Professor at Nashotah House Theological Seminary
Theological Consultant to the Anglican-Roman Catholic Consultation in the USA

Christopher served as executive director and publisher of the Living Church Foundation from 2009 to 2022. He has written widely on Anglican ecclesiology and ecumenism and teaches at parishes and seminaries around the Communion and at the Anglican Centre in Rome. He served for many years as theological consultant to the Anglican-Roman Catholic Consultation in the U.S., and on the steering team of the Communion Partners. Christopher completed his doctoral work at the University of Notre Dame and wrote a dissertation on the sacramental Christology of Thomas Aquinas.