Bishop Iker: Bishops' Summit May Provide Clarity
08/18/2006

The request for alternate primatial oversight (APO) is likely to be a significant topic of discussion during a meeting that the Archbishop of Canterbury has asked Virginia Bishop Peter Lee and Southwest Florida Bishop John Lipscomb to convene next month in New York City, according to Fort Worth Bishop Jack L. Iker who said he was in regular contact with Lambeth Palace prior to the Aug. 18 statement announcing the meeting.

Both Presiding Bishop Frank Griswold and Presiding Bishop-elect Katharine Jefferts Schori have been invited. The Rev. Canon Kenneth Kearon, secretary general of the Anglican Consultative Council, will be the facilitator, according to a report by Episcopal News Service, which quoted Canon James M. Rosenthal, director of communications for the Anglican Communion Office.

“The Anglican Communion Office has been responsible for many of the meetings and committees that have been given the portfolio for concerns of church unity in the midst of our diversity,” Canon Rosenthal said. “This meeting could well be an important step in that continuing work.” the rest