Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Ft. Worth Bishop: No Plans for Diocese to Join Roman Catholic Church

http://www.livingchurch.org/news/news-updates/2008/8/12/ft-worth-bishop-no-plans-for-diocese-to-join-roman-church

[The Living Church] 13 Aug 2008--At the convention of the Diocese of Fort Worth in November, delegates will consider for a second and decisive time a proposal to realign with another Anglican Church in hopes of finding a greater sense of communion and catholicity than is currently afforded within The Episcopal Church, according to a statement issued today by Bishop Jack L. Iker.

The statement came in response to a report in the Dallas Morning News that four influential priests of the diocese had met on June 16 with the Most Rev. Kevin W. Vann, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth, and his chancellor. The Rev. Canon Charles A. Hough, SSC, canon to the ordinary, the Very Rev. William A. Crary, Jr., SSC, rector of St. Laurence Church, Grapevine, the Rev. Louis L. Tobola, priest-in-charge of St. Barnabus the Apostle, Keller, and the Very Rev. Christopher C. Stainbrook, vicar of St. Timothy’s, Fort Worth, met with the Roman Catholic bishop.

Related statement:
http://www.fwepiscopal.org/news/statement081208.html
A Statement by Bishop Iker on Roman Catholic Dialogues - The Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth

Related article:
http://www.religiousintelligence.co.uk/news/?NewsID=2470
Anglican Diocese of Fort Worth ‘is not moving to Rome’ - Religious Intelligence

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