Regina, Sask. - Canadian Anglican bishops have selected four from among their own number to be candidates for an election to the office of Primate, which will be held next month in St Catharines, Ont.
22 April 2004
The Anglican Church of Canada's chief governing body will be asked to affirm that the blessing of same-sex unions is within the authority of a diocesan synod and that any Canadian Anglican diocese, if the bishop agrees, has the authority to perform such blessings.
09 March 2004
TORONTO - The Most Reverend Terence Finlay, bishop of Canada's largest Anglican diocese, announced last night that he will retire on June 11.
01 March 2004
Archbishop Michael Peers' 18-year primacy of the Anglican Church of Canada officially ended with his retirement last weekend. As of Sunday 1 February, the church is under an acting primate until Archbishop Peers' successor is elected at General Synod on May 31. Candidates for this election will be nominated by members of the House of Bishops when it meets in Regina in April.
02 February 2004
Archbishop Michael Peers has called on various religious traditions in Canada to rise above their differences and renew their public role in society saying their contributions are "particularly crucial" as more and more Canadians are "losing confidence in the common good".
26 January 2004
Parishes in the former British Columbia diocese of Cariboo, Canada, will once again have a bishop. Now called the Anglican Parishes of the Central Interior (APCI), representatives from the parishes on January 10 nominated Canon Gordon Light to the position of bishop suffragan to the metropolitan of the ecclesiastical province of British Columbia and the Yukon, currently Archbishop David Crawley.
13 January 2004
The Diocese of Toronto has embarked on a year-long process to discuss the issue of same-gender blessings. The diocese’s Synod, its governing body, approved the process at a meeting in Toronto on November 21.
26 November 2003
The diocese of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island has elected a well-known priest and social justice advocate as its suffragan, or assistant, bishop. Susan Moxley is the diocese's first female bishop and only the third woman ever to be elected to Canada's house of 42 active bishops.
25 November 2003
The Diocese of Toronto, Canada, is celebrating an important milestone in the life of the Anglican Communion as it holds its 150th regular session of Synod from 20-22 November 2003 in Toronto.
21 November 2003
The Chairman of the Anglican Communion in New Westminster (ACiNW) - a coalition of 11 parishes that oppose the Diocese’s decision to bless same-sex unions - has written to the Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada thanking the House of Bishops for their search “for a resolution of the problem we are experiencing in the Diocese of New Westminster”.
21 November 2003