THREE BISHOPS CONSECRATED, BISHOP HARVEY TO RETIRE

From the Anglican Church in North America:

November 13, 2009

St Catharines, Ontario - Three bishops were consecrated today in St
Catharines, Ontario into the Church of God for ministry in the
Anglican Network in Canada, a diocese of the Anglican Church in North
America. The Right Reverend Stephen Leung, the Right Reverend Charles
Masters and the Right Reverend Dr Trevor Walters were consecrated
today by the Most Reverend Robert Duncan in a service which saw the
participation of 15 bishops and more than 60 priests and deacons from
across North America.

The service of consecration was the culmination of the second synod
(church convention) of the Anglican Network in Canada (ANiC). During
the synod, ANiC moderator, the Right Reverend Donald Harvey announced
his intention to step down in November 2010. The Right Reverend
Malcolm Harding, who like Bishop Harvey emerged from retirement in
November 2007 to serve as the original bishops of ANiC, re-retired
earlier in June.

It was also announced that the third synod would be held in Ottawa in
early November 2010. The synod is planned to coincide with the visit
by the Right Reverend Dr Michael Nazir-Ali, recently retired Bishop of
Rochester, to ANiC's St George's Anglican Church for their 125th
anniversary celebration.

Messages of greeting, support and encouragement were sent to synod
from a number of bishops from the Church of England and from Primates
(Church leaders) representing the majority of active Anglicans in the
global Anglican Communion.

ANiC is under the Episcopal authority of Bishop Harvey and is a
diocese in the Anglican Church in North America which unites over
100,000 faithful Anglicans from across this continent. It now numbers
33 parishes and eight forming congregations in North America with more
than 3500 in church on an average Sunday.

Members of the Anglican Network in Canada are committed to remaining
faithful to Holy Scripture and established Anglican doctrine and to
ensuring that orthodox Anglicans are able to remain in full communion
with their Anglican brothers and sisters outside North America. The
newly adopted mission statement for the Anglican Network in Canada is
"Building Biblically faithful, Gospel sharing, Anglican churches."