Appointment of the Most Reverend Thomas Dowd to the Joint Working Group between the Roman Catholic Church and the WCC

Monday, October 23, 2023

His Eminence Kurt Cardinal Koch, Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity, appointed Bishop Thomas Dowd, Bishop of Sault Ste-Marie, as the Co-Moderator of the Joint Working Group between the Roman Catholic Church and the World Council of Churches (WCC) for a period of 7 years (2023-2030).

The World Council of Churches (WCC) is the broadest among the many organized expressions of the modern ecumenical movement, a movement whose goal is Christian unity.

For more information about the joint working group, you are invited to consult the WCC’s website :

https://www.oikoumene.org/what-we-do/church-and-ecumenical-relations/joint-working-group-with-the-roman-catholic-church