News Updates

News Updates

June 2006

• Springfield Joins Dioceses Requesting Alternative Oversight

  Writing on June 30 with a “heavy heart,” the Rt. Rev. Peter H. Beckwith, Bishop of Springfield has sent a pastoral letter to members of the diocese informing them that the standing committee met in special session June 26 and approved a resolution requesting Bishop Beckwith “to intentionally and deliberately explore avenues” for alternative primatial relationship.

  Posted on June 30, 2006

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• Presiding Bishop-Elect Visits Milwaukee

  The Rt. Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori, the Presiding Bishop-elect, made a surprise visit last Sunday to a suburban Milwaukee parish.

  Posted on June 29, 2006

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• Central Florida: Episcopal Church Has Chosen to 'Walk Apart'

  The Diocese of Central Florida has appealed to the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Panel of Reference for “immediate alternative primatial oversight,” making it the fifth diocese of The Episcopal Church to request assistance from Canterbury since the close of the 75th General Convention.

  Posted on June 29, 2006

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• Newark Announces Four Bishop Candidates

  The Standing Committee of the Diocese of Newark announced June 28 a slate of four candidates prepared by the diocesan search/nominating committee for the election of a successor to Bishop John P. Croneberger, who retires in February.

  Posted on June 28, 2006

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• Pittsburgh Seeks Alternative Primatial Oversight, Tenth Province

  The members of the standing committee of the Diocese of Pittsburgh voted June 28 to join with other dioceses in appealing to the Archbishop of Canterbury, the primates of the Anglican Communion, and the Panel of Reference for “immediate alternative primatial oversight and pastoral care.”

  Posted on June 28, 2006

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• Canon Minns Elected Missionary Bishop for Church of Nigeria

  The Rev. Canon Martyn Minns, rector of Truro Church, Fairfax, Va., was elected a missionary bishop for the Convocation of Anglicans in North America, a missionary initiative of the Anglican Church of Nigeria, during a June 27-28 meeting of the House of Bishops in Abuja.

  Posted on June 28, 2006

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• South Carolina and San Joaquin Also Seek Alternative Oversight

  The dioceses of South Carolina and San Joaquin have become the third and fourth dioceses to seek alternative primatial oversight.

  Posted on June 28, 2006

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• Plano Congregation to Leave Episcopal Church

  Those who attended services at Christ Church, Plano, Texas, on June 25, were read a letter by the rector, the Rev. David H. Roseberry, in which he announced that the vestry had decided unanimously to “disassociate as soon as possible” from The Episcopal Church, while remaining under the episcopal authority of the Rt. Rev. James M. Stanton, Bishop of Dallas.

  Posted on June 27, 2006

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• Archbishop of Canterbury Responds to General Convention

  In response to the decisions of the recently completed General Convention, Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams released a statement in which he stressed that the key issue for the Church is not the human rights of homosexual persons but about how the Church makes decisions in a responsible way.

  Posted on June 27, 2006

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• Bishops Weigh in On Convention's Actions

  Excerpts from the reactions of some diocesan bishops to the 75th General Convention in Columbus, Ohio.

  Posted on June 27, 2006

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