Alaska Bishop to Resign; Will Serve New Canadian Jurisdiction
01/04/2007

The Bishop of Alaska, the Rt. Rev. Mark L. MacDonald, will become the Anglican Church of Canada’s first National Indigenous Bishop with oversight over Canada’s first nation people, Archbishop Andrew Hutchison announced at a Jan. 4 news conference in Toronto.

Bishop MacDonald’s jurisdiction will cross Canada’s existing diocesan boundaries as well as the U.S.-Canadian border. While he has resigned as Bishop of Alaska to take up the Toronto-based post, he will continue in his role as assisting bishop of Navajoland Area Mission in The Episcopal Church. the rest