ACNA: Bishop is ordained before hundreds

Pageantry and song accompany Long Beach rector’s three-hour welcome to the Diocese of Western Anglicans. The church’s first bishop will preside over 22 churches.
By Brianna Bailey
Sunday, November 1, 2009

Anglican clergymen from as far away as Uganda and Newfoundland visited Newport Beach on Saturday to ordain a new bishop in the fledgling Anglican Church of North America.

Formed in 2008, the church is made up of congregations in the United States and Canada that have broken away from the Episcopal Church over differing views on homosexuality and the Scriptures.

The movement includes Newport’s St. James Church on Via Lido.

“This is an important, historical day for the whole church,” said Archbishop Robert Duncan of the Anglican Church of North America, who presided over the incense-drenched ceremony at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church on Saturday. “You can see the excitement in the people today.” the rest