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When did the Lambeth Conference begin?

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The first Lambeth Conference was held in 1867.1

While the idea for a gathering of Anglican bishops was suggested by the American church in 1851 and the Canadian church in 1866, the inaugural meeting did not take place until the following year at Lambeth Palace in London.1