Cono Sur rejects election of Bishop of Uruguay

House of Bishops declines to ratify the election of Michael Pollesel

The House of Bishops and provincial executive committee of the Iglesia Anglicana del Cono Sur (de América) have declined to ratify the election of the Ven. Michael Pollesel as Bishop of Uruguay.

t the close of their 21 – 25 May 2012 meeting in Montevideo the bishops released a statement saying that “after discussion and prayer and in accord with its canons the Provincial Executive of the Cono Sur together with its College of Bishops did not ratify the election of the Ven. Dr. Michael Pollesel as bishop-coadjutor for Uruguay”

The Cono Sur statement did not state why Dr. Pollesel’s election was rejected, but noted the province “promised its close cooperation with the diocese in its future decisions.” Read more

The canons of the Iglesia Anglicana del Cono Sur (de América) require the Provincial Executive Council (not a provincial executive committee) to confirm the election of a new diocesan or auxiliary bishop in addition to the Bishops of the Province. Metropolitical authority in the IACSA is vested not in a single person but in the Provincial Executive Council chaired by a Presiding Bishop.