Anglican priest from Akron named a bishop

http://blog.cleveland.com/lifestyles/2007/12/anglican_priest_from_akron_nam.html

[The Cleveland Plain Dealer] 11 Dec 2007--The Convocation of Anglicans in North America has consecrated the Rev. Roger Ames, rector of St. Luke's Anglican Church in Akron, a suffragan bishop. Ames is one of five suffragan bishops with the conservative parish network, which was created in spring 2005 by Archbishop Peter Akinola of Nigeria for Anglicans who felt alienated by actions of The Episcopal Church. The U.S. wing of the global Anglican Communion has been under pressure from traditionalists at home and abroad since it consecrated an openly gay bishop in 2003.

Ames, 65, has been pastor of St. Luke's for more than 20 years. According to the convocation, he left the Episcopal Church around 2004 and became part of the Diocese of Bolivia in South America. In his new role, he will work to increase the number of convocation congregations and clergy in the Great Lakes region.