Editor's Note: There are two CANA parishes in Central NY, St. Andrew's in Vestal and Holy Trinity in Syracuse. A third upstate parish is Anglican Community Church in Batavia.
From the CANA web site:
06-11-10
HERNDON, VA (June 11, 2010) – The Convocation of Anglicans in North America (CANA) played a key role in the formation of two new dioceses within the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA).
The ACNA Council voted to recognize both dioceses, the Anglican Diocese of the Great Lakes (ADGL) and the Anglican Diocese of the South (ADotS), this week at its annual meeting in Amesbury, Mass. CANA is a founding member of ACNA.
The ADGL is currently constituted by 12 CANA congregations in Ohio, Michigan, and Indiana, comprising about 1,200 members. CANA Bishop Roger Ames was recognized as bishop for ADGL by the ACNA College of Bishops.
The ADotS, which will include eight CANA-member congregations, will be led by Bishop-elect Foley Beach. The ADotS includes 20 total congregations in 5 states: Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennesee.
The ACNA College of Bishops also voted to receive the Right Rev’d Derek L. S. Jones as a bishop within ACNA. Bishop Jones, a retired Air Force Lt. Col., has been serving as CANA’s Chaplain Endorsing Official since September 2007 and will continue to do so.
In addition, Rev’d Canon Julian Dobbs, CANA’s Canon Missioner, and the Honorable Sam Thomsen, a CANA Board of Trustees member, were voted onto the ACNA Executive Council.
“We are glad to have helped with the formation of these new dioceses. It is crucial that structures such as these exist as orthodox Anglicans move towards solidifying ACNA, the new Anglican province in the United States. CANA is excited about the future of Anglicanism and about the growth we’ve been witnessing as we have come together to create these new structures,” said CANA Missionary Bishop Martyn Minns.
“As a founding member of the Anglican Church in North America, CANA members are considered ‘dual citizens’ - a concept more fully illustrated with the formation of these dioceses. The ADGL and ADotS congregations and clergy will be able to have ‘citizenship’ in both an ACNA diocese and in CANA and so be able to continue their relationships with the wider Communion. We are also in the process of helping to foster additional dioceses and clusters of congregations. In this way, CANA is standing with Archbishop Bob Duncan and supporting the vision to reach North America with the transforming love of Jesus Christ.”
The Convocation of Anglicans in North America (http://www.CanaConvocation.org) is an association of orthodox Anglican congregations and clergy in North America that is a part of the worldwide Anglican Communion, a community of 80 million people. CANA was originally established by the Church of Nigeria in 2005 to provide a means by which Anglicans living in the USA who were alienated by the actions and decisions of The Episcopal Church could continue to live out their faith without compromising their core convictions. CANA is a founding member of the Anglican Church in North America, an Anglican province that includes about 800 congregations.
Hat Tip: Warren Musselman
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