Anglicans Form Dioceses for Rival Body

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[The Christian Post] 20 May 2009--Anglican congregations in the southeast and now in the northwest have formed dioceses outside of The Episcopal Church and intend to be part of the new rival body of Anglican conservatives in North America.

Just as 73 Anglican clergy and lay leaders in Jacksonville, Fla., agreed to press ahead with a new orthodox diocese – called The Anglican Diocese in the Southeast – seven congregations in Washington state have also united to form a regional body.

The Washington group, which is calling itself the Diocese of Cascadia, sent a formal application for membership as a diocese to the Anglican Church in North America.

"Today, we are committing to an Anglican reawakening and to contributing to a Christian reawakening for a revival here in the Pacific Northwest," said Fr. Kevin Bond Allen, newly elected president of the Diocesan Council and rector of St. Brendan's Anglican Church, at the first meeting of the new diocese on March 7, according to VirtueOnline, a conservative Anglican publication.