Minns’ Consecration Set Before Discernment
08/09/2006

His church will not embark on its “40 Days of Discernment” program for another month, but one thing is now clear about the Rev. Canon Martyn Minns' future: He will be consecrated a bishop on Aug. 20. The Church of Nigeria announced on Aug. 3 that it will consecrate Canon Minns and three other bishops-elect at a service in the nation's capital, Abuja.

Truro Parish in Fairfax, where Canon Minns is the rector, and other parishes in northern Virginia will begin their “40 Days of Discernment,” which will discuss their future relationship with the Diocese of Virginia, on Sept. 10.

Nigeria's announcement did not address the question of whether Canon Minns’ election is legal under the Nigerian Church's Canon 4, Section 4, which stipulates that “a Bishop for any diocese in the Church of Nigeria may be elected from among the bishops or clergy of any diocese of the Church of Nigeria, or of any other diocese in Communion with this Church.”
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