By Chijioke Precious
Former Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby on Sunday, 5 January, laid down his bishop’s crozier on the altar in the chapel at Lambeth Palace, marking the end of his ministry as Archbishop of Canterbury.
This symbolic act is performed by bishops on leaving office. Archbishop Justin legally ceased to be Archbishop of Canterbury at midnight.
Former Archbishop Justin reportedly spent his final day in office privately at the Palace. He attended Morning Prayer, lunchtime Eucharist and Evensong. He concluded with a service of Compline.
Earlier in the day the Former Archbishop was said to have met with current staff and some friends and former colleagues to thank them for their work and say farewell.
The Communion saw shege under Justin Welby. He Left the Communion more divided than he met it and left when the ovation was non-existent. The Church of Nigeria led other like-minded national Churches away from Canterbury to form GAFCON under avowed loyalty to the Holy Scriptures following the disloyalty to Lambeth Resolution 1.10 and the unholy distortortion of the teaching of the Church on human sexuality by Justin and his cohorts.