Synod rejects fixed term for primate
Anglican Journal Staff
May 29, 2004
As in the past, there will be no fixed term for the elected head of the Anglican Church of Canada when he or she is
As in the past, there will be no fixed term for the elected head of the Anglican Church of Canada when he or she is
Will be on medical disability leave for a year Bishop Victoria Matthews of Edmonton has withdrawn from the primatial election after she was diagnosed with
Archbishop Michael Peers, the former primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, will receive an honorary doctor of divinity degree and deliver the commencement address
Bishop Francisco Duque of the Episcopal Church of Colombia said he would like to see more churches in Canada providing Spanish religious services for a
The primate of Nigeria, Archbishop Peter J. Akinola, and the primate of South Africa, Archbishop Njongon-kulu Ndungane have agreed to work closely in crafting the
A United Nations conference in New York on the status of women saw significant Anglican participation, according to Elizabeth Loweth, a former executive director of
Bishop Penelope Jamieson of the diocese of Dunedin in New Zealand, the first female diocesan bishop in the Anglican Communion, has announced that she will
If you were to create an 11th commandment, what would it be? The Methodist church in the United Kingdom, along with a popular satirical British
Dissension over the issue of homosexuality continued last month to mark life in some areas of the Episcopal Church of the United States (ECUSA). On
Betty Campbell Graham, the first woman elected prolocutor of General Synod, died Feb. 10 in Toronto at the age of 84. Born in Toronto, Ms.
The Council of General Synod (CoGS) will send to General Synod a proposal that the primate’s term of office be limited to nine years with
The Anglican Church in Central America (Iglesia Anglicana de la Region Central America, or IARCA) is the latest province to divide over the consecration of
Of the $3 million raised by the Anglican Journal Appeal since 1994, more than $1 million has been returned to participating dioceses to help publish
ANDREW S. HUTCHISON, 65 Metropolitan of the Province of Canada and Archbishop of Montreal An outspoken advocate for minorities, refugees, and human rights in church
TERENCE E. FINLAY, 66 (will retire in June) Metropolitan of Ontario and Archbishop of Toronto He heads Canada’s largest diocese by population. He has joined
When members of the 37th General Synod vote for a new primate on May 31, they will already have thought long and hard about who
Bishop William Gerald Burch, who was described as a “gentle man who radiated love, caring, humour and wisdom” and who led the diocese of Edmonton
An inter-religious choir performed at a solemn evensong, a first for the Basilica of St. Joseph’s Oratory in Montreal. A small Roman Catholic parish in
The choice of Canon Gordon Light as bishop suffragan to the metropolitan of British Columbia and the Yukon, with responsibility for the central interior of
The newly appointed Primate’s Theological Commission met for the first time recently in Oakville, Ont., and began identifying “underlying foundational questions, including our expression of
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