Uganda consecrates U.S. conservative as bishop
Sun 2 Sep 2007
By Tim Cocks

KAMPALA, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Uganda's Anglican Archbishop Henry Luke Orombi consecrated an American bishop opposed to gay marriage on Sunday, the latest in a spate of conservative clerics to leave the U.S. Episcopal Church.

The consecration of the Virginia-based conservative, John Guernsey, came just three days after Kenya's Archbishop Benjamin Nzimbi named two American priests as bishops.

Orombi spokeswoman Alison Barfoot said the archbishop had called Guernsey to lead 33 congregations in the United States that will recognise the Church of Uganda's authority.

"He's an ecclesiastical refugee," she told Reuters by telephone from the ceremony, referring to Guernsey. the rest