News Updates

News Updates

June 2007

• Retired North Dakota Bishop Joins Ugandan Church

  The Rt. Rev. Andrew H. Fairfield, retired Bishop of North Dakota, has joined the Church of Uganda and will assist Bishop-elect John Guernsey in overseeing the church’s 26 US congregations, according to an announcement this morning by the Most Rev. Henry Orombi, Archbishop of Uganda.

  Posted on June 29, 2007

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• Kenyans Elect Bishop Suffragan for U.S. Parishes

  The provincial synod of the Anglican Church of Kenya on June 29 elected the Rev. William L. Murdoch, rector of All Saints’ Church, West Newbury, Mass., as a Bishop Suffragan of All Saints Cathedral in the Diocese of Nairobi.

  Posted on June 29, 2007

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• Province 3 President: Pittsburgh Diocese May Not Opt Out

  A decision to leave the Province 3 regional ministry jurisdiction of The Episcopal Church cannot be made unilaterally, according to the Rt. Rev. Robert Ihloff, retired Bishop of Maryland and president of Province 3. Bishop Ihloff wrote all ordained clergy canonically resident in the Diocese of Pittsburgh on June 22.

  Posted on June 28, 2007

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• Three Churches Partner for Stewardship Project

  The Episcopal Church is partnering with the Anglican Church of Canada, the Church of England, and The Episcopal Network for Stewardship (TENS) to develop a video stewardship education project.

  Posted on June 28, 2007

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• Appeals Panel Ruling Favors Los Angeles Diocese

  A California Court of Appeal has ruled in favor of The Episcopal Church and the Diocese of Los Angeles on all counts, setting the stage for a probable appeal to the state supreme court in three cases where the majority of members voted to leave The Episcopal Church for oversight by bishops in other Anglican provinces.

  Posted on June 27, 2007

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• Happy Talk

  The numbers indicate a crisis that our leadership refuses to address. (By Neal O. Michell)

  Posted on June 26, 2007

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• Shifting Authority

  What the Windsor Report does should concern every traditional Episcopalian. (By Chuck Collins)

  Posted on June 26, 2007

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• Canadian Synod Does Not Approve Same-Sex Blessings

  A General Synod resolution which would have allowed dioceses in the Anglican Church of Canada to authorize the blessing of “committed same-sex unions” failed by two votes June 24 in the House of Bishops.

  Posted on June 25, 2007

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• Uganda to Consecrate Virginia Priest as Missionary Bishop to the U.S.

  The Anglican Church of Uganda has announced it will consecrate the Rev. John Guernsey, rector of All Saints Anglican Church in Woodbridge, Va., to serve as suffragan bishop to its congregations in the United States. He was selected by the Ugandan House of Bishops to oversee its 26 congregations in 12 states.

  Posted on June 22, 2007

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• Bishop Hiltz Elected Primate of Canada

  Clergy and lay deputies to the triennial General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada elected the Rt. Rev. Fred Hiltz, Bishop of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, Friday to be the next primate.

  Posted on June 22, 2007

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