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John Guernsey becomes first bishop in largest ACNA Diocese of the Mid-Atlantic
By David W. Virtue in Virginia
September 11, 2011

Declaring that he would be obedient to the Word of God and drive out all erroneous teaching, Bishop John Guernsey was installed as the first Bishop in the Diocese of the Mid-Atlantic of the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) at an investiture that included 16 bishops from the US and Canada. Canadian Moderator Bishop of the Anglican Network in Canada (ANiC) Don Harvey as well the Presiding Bishop of the Reformed Episcopal Church Leonard Riches and some 50 clergy were also in attendance.

It was not without significance that The NT reading (Acts 20: 17 - 35) included words about those who would come among them "speaking twisted things to draw away the disciples after them".

Charging Bishop John Guernsey, ACNA Archbishop Robert Duncan proclaimed this is an historic moment in an historic place. "We all recall that Anglicanism was brought permanently to these shores not so very far from here, in 1607 and now 200 years later Anglicanism in the form of the this new diocese of the mid Atlantic it has been reorganized and it is happening in this place. God is doing something very great. He is making all things news. He is forever lifting up the lonely and casting the might from their thrones. This is an historic moment for Anglicanism in North but an historic moment for Anglicanism throughout the globe. This is an amazing personal moment. It is the fulfillment of God's plan for three leaders - myself, Martyn Minns and John Guernsey." the rest