UK Evangelical Council Backs Deposed Brazilian Priests and Bishop
The Church of England Evangelical Council have given support this week to thirty-seven evangelical clergy who have been excommunicated in Brazil.
Posted: Friday, September 16 , 2005, 8:20 (UK)

The Church of England Evangelical Council have given support this week to thirty-seven evangelical clergy who have been excommunicated in Brazil.

A statement from the evangelical council called on the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Panel of Reference to investigate the situation “as a matter of urgency,” according to the CoE Newspaper.

Brazilian primate Archbishop Orlando Santo de Oliveira had dissociated his province from the actions of the Bishop of Recife, the Rt Revd Robinson Calvacanti, in taking part in irregular confirmations in Ohio in March 2004.

Bishop Calvacanti was deposed and Recife had appealed to the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Panel of Reference. But last week the situation was inflamed even more when the suffragan bishop Rt Revd Filadelfo Oliveira of Recife, removed all 32 clergy who had been loyal to Bishop Calvacanti.

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