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Allin recesses with the Bishop of Haiti in his first pastoral visit to that diocese, 1978.

With Ed Browning (who succeeded Allin as PB) and Cardinal Johannes Willebrands of the Netherlands at a dinner in the crypt of St. Paul's Within the Walls, Rome, 1974.

Allin, his wife Ann and a group of friends and colleagues traveled to Jerusalem on two occasions to undertake a course of study at St. George’s College. On this occasion, they walk the stations of the cross, 1985.

"That which holds the Anglican community together is affection." Allin with friend and colleague Robert Runcie, on the occasion of Runcie's enthronement as Archbishop of Canterbury, 1980. Allin strongly believed in Runcie's statement about affection…

Allin traveled to India in 1983 to preach at the Maramon Convention in Kerala.

Allin's passport, 1979. By the end of his time as Presiding Bishop, Allin had circled the globe three times.

John M. Allin, Presiding Bishop XXIII, 1974-1985.

Allin attempted to take the approach of mediator on many issues. In a 1977 address to the Diocese of New Jersey, Allin stated, “I am not Pope; my job is to preside.” It was this perspective on his role as Presiding Bishop in church governance that…

Allin's term of office was not without controversy. He inherited the divisive issues of race relations, ordination of women, prayer book reform, and human sexuality.

With George Bush, 1988.