CANA Bishop Dave Bena bade farewell as the Contact Bishop for the Anglican District of Virginia this week. He has concentrated on leading people into dynamic relationships with Christ, planted new churches, cared for others both locally and globally, and learned more of what it means to be a community of Christ-centered Anglican churches. "As I was about to retire as Suffragan Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Albany toward the end of 2006, I agreed to assist Bishop Martyn Minns as he coordinated the organization and expansion of CANA. He asked me to provide oversight to you all in Virginia/D.C. (which soon included Maryland and North Carolina). I can tell you honestly: it has been pure pleasure being your Contact Bishop."
This weekend, the parishes will vote to apply to the Anglican Church of North America to become a diocese. At that point, they will elect either Bishop John Guernsey or Archdeacon Julian Dobbs to be the new bishop. Then they will go to the ACNA Provincial Council and College of Bishops in late June for ratification. The new diocesan bishop will prepare for his ministry.
On May 20-21, The Anglican District of Virginia (ADV) will hold their 2011 Constitutional Convention at the Church of the Epiphany in Herndon, VA. At this special event, ADV delegates will adopt new governing documents (Constitutions and Canons) to facilitate ADV's application for admission into the Anglican Church in North America as a new diocese. Bishop Bena is the former Bishop Suffragan in the Diocese of Albany.
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