(Photo: © Peter Kenny)Dr. Benjamin Simon, outgoing Professor of Ecumenical Missiology at the Ecumenical Institute, Bossey (L); Dr. Isabel Phiri, World Council of Churches deputy general secretary for Public Witness and Diakonia; Fr. Lawrence Iwuamadi, Professor of Ecumenical Biblical Hermeneutics at the Ecumenical Institute in Bossey, Switzerland and Dr. Dietrich Werner discuss the Anthology of African Christianity at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva on Feb. 15, 2017. A Roman Catholic priest from Nigeria, Father Lawrence Iwuamadi, is the new academic dean of the World Council of Churches' Ecumenical Institute at Bossey, just outside Geneva. They will now pursue a Certificate of Advanced Studies in Ecumenical Studies, a Complementary Certificate in Ecumenical Studies, or a Master of Advanced Studies in Ecumenical Studies. He noted that 2026 will mark the 80th anniversary of the Ecumenical Institute at Bossey.