April 17, 2007 Archbishop will not cancel Lambeth Conference

Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams considered cancelling the 2008 Lambeth Conference of the world’s Anglican bishops due to the sexuality debates roiling the church, but decided against it.

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April 16, 2007 Williams will meet with U.S. bishops

Ending weeks of speculation and criticism, Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams said he will meet with bishops in the United States to discuss tensions in the worldwide Anglican church caused by differences over homosexuality.

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March 26, 2007 Diocese of Ottawa elects new bishop

Canon John Chapman, dean of theology at Huron University College in London, Ont., is the new bishop of the Anglican diocese of Ottawa. Mr. Chapman, 53, was elected co-adjutor (successor) bishop on the fourth ballot at an episcopal election held March 24 at Christ Church Cathedral in Ottawa.

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March 22, 2007 Primate’s office receiving nominations for new national leader

Archbishop Andrew Hutchison, primate (national bishop) of the Anglican Church of Canada, is receiving letters nominating candidates to be his successor, under a new process that gives bishops more time to consider the prospect of leading the Canadian church.

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March 1, 2007 Canterbury comes to Canada

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, will make his first visit to Canada as Archbishop of Canterbury with a visit to the April meeting of the Canadian house of bishops in Niagara Falls, Ont.

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March 1, 2007 Prayer for a bishop

The diocese of Ottawa has put prayer at the heart of its process to elect a new bishop March 24. Since the start of the new year, the diocese has encouraged local Anglicans to pray “for God’s will to be done in selecting the new...

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December 1, 2006 Dinner raises funds for Forces bishop

During the bishops’ four-day meeting at a retreat house outside Toronto, they traveled into the city for Archbishop Andrew Hutchison’s second fundraising dinner, called Breaking Bread with +Andrew: Dinner and Conversation With...

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December 1, 2006 Conference manager gives bishops a preview of 2008 Lambeth meeting

Canadian bishops said they want to focus on relationships at the next Lambeth Conference, the decennial meeting of the world’s Anglican bishops, which will be held in Canterbury, England at the University of Kent from July 16 to Aug. 4, 2008.

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October 30, 2006 Dioceses may soon stop fundraising for schools agreement

If federal officials agree, Canadian Anglican dioceses will soon be able to stop raising money for the fund that has paid damages resulting from lawsuits alleging abuse at boarding schools for native students.

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June 1, 2006 Archbishop Hutchison to step down in 2007

Niagara Falls, Ont. Archbishop Andrew Hutchison, the primate, or national archbishop, of the Anglican Church of Canada, will step down at the 2007 General Synod governing convention because, he says, there are times he is...

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