ACNA Adds Five Bishops

June 23, 2009

The College of Bishops of the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) elected five additional bishops June 21.

The Rev. William Thompson, former rector of All Saints’ Episcopal Church, Long Beach, Calif., was elected for the newly formed Diocese of Western Anglicans. The Rev. William Ilgenfritz, former rector of St Mary’s Episcopal Church, Charleroi, Pa., was elected to lead a Forward in Faith diocese in formation.

The other three bishops-designate will serve the Diocese of the Anglican Network of Canada. They are: the Ven. Charles Masters, executive archdeacon, the Ven. Trevor Walters, archdeacon for British Columbia, and the Rev Stephen Leung, rector, Good Shepherd, Vancouver, B.C. the rest

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