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Following a closed session in which two candidates for the position of WCC general secretary were presented to the Central Committee, the body's moderator, His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of Cilicia, released the names of the candidates.
They are Rev. Canon Dr Trond Bakkevig and Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia.
Kobia, from Kenya, is an ordained minister in the Methodist Church in Kenya and currently director and special representative for Africa of the WCC.
Bakkevig, from Norway, is a pastor of the (Lutheran) Church of Norway and currently member of the WCC Central Committee and the moderator of its Public Issues Committee.
The election of the new general secretary will take place Thursday afternoon in a closed session. A press release will be issued immediately following the announcement of the election. A press conference with the new general secretary will be held on Friday, beginning at 12:40, in the Ecumenical Centre.
Biographical information and photos of both candidates are available at: