Anglican bishop confronts Episcopal division
By: GARY WARTH - Staff Writer

Visiting with local Anglican churches that he oversees from his diocese in Bolivia, Bishop Francis Lyons this week said he sees a day when former Episcopalians will again have their own American leadership.As for the Episcopal Church U.S.A., he is not so optimistic.

"This is just temporary, emergency oversight that we are providing," said Lyons, a native of Maryland who has lived in Bolivia since 2001.

In North County, Lyons oversees St. Anne's in Oceanside, Holy Family in Vista, Church of the Resurrection in San Marcos, Sts. Timothy and Titus in Poway and Good Shepherd in Encinitas.

Creating a new American province would mean those churches would no longer have to turn to a foreign diocese for oversight, and Lyons would tend only to his five churches in Bolivia. Lyons oversees 35 congregations in the United States, including the five North County churches and Holy Faith in Bonita. the rest