diocesan news
This section shares stories from dioceses across Canada, highlighting ministry, community life and notable events.
June 13, 2002You will have received by now from the Resolutions Committee notices of motion which will be before us next week at Synod. You may also have received written material, unofficially…- June 13, 2002We, as clergy of the diocese of New Westminster in the ecclesiastical province of British Columbia (part of the Anglican Church of Canada), are appealing to you for the provision…
- June 12, 2002The diocese of New Westminster faces deep division as it prepares for a third vote this weekend on whether or not to ask its bishop to approve the blessing of…
- June 12, 2002Motion # 4 (withdrawn in favour of motion 7) Moved The Reverend Robert Korth Seconded Ms. Maureen Ashfield Be it resolved that this synod, in light of the two majority…
- June 10, 2002Dean George Bruce was elected co-adjutor bishop of Ontario on June 8. A co-adjutor is an elected bishop who has a right to succession once the current bishop leaves office.…
- May 10, 2002Bishop Andrew Hutchison, of the diocese of Montreal, is now Archbishop Hutchison after being elected metropolitan of the ecclesiastical province of Canada in what is likely the Anglican Communion's first…
- April 3, 2002All four Anglican bishops in British Columbia are telling church members throughout British Columbia that the that the provincial referendum on Aboriginal treaty negotiations raises "serious questions."
- April 3, 2002We, the Bishops of British Columbia, write to you on a matter that concerns all Christians and citizens of this province. At the very core of our faith lies the…
- January 31, 2002Got 'im, got 'im, need 'im. It's the sound of baseball and hockey card collectors, poring over their hoard. But a southern Ontario church is putting some unlikely heroes on…
- January 30, 2002Bishop Gary Woolsey, who stepped down in 1991 as a diocesan bishop to become a parish priest, has announced his retirement at the end of June, 2002.
