New bishops set for Anglican breakaways
By Julia Duin
December 9, 2007

A new breakaway Anglican group of 11 churches that left the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia over theological differences less than a year ago met last week for its first annual convention.

Four new bishops will be consecrated at 2 p.m. today to serve the Convocation of Anglicans in North America (CANA), which includes 61 member congregations siphoned from the Episcopal Church. Nigerian Archbishop Peter J. Akinola will preside at the ceremony at Church of the Epiphany in Herndon.

"The old order in the Episcopal Church is falling apart," said CANA Bishop Martyn Minns, the former rector of Truro Church in Fairfax. "We're all finding a new way to live into our Anglican heritage." the rest