British Columbia bishop to retire in July. (Canada).Bishop Barry Jenks of the diocese of British Columbia British Columbia, province (2001 pop. 3,907,738), 366,255 sq mi (948,600 sq km), including 6,976 sq mi (18,068 sq km) of water surface, W Canada. Geography has announced that he will retire, effective July 2. Bishop Jenks will be 65 on July 1. "Rest and gardening" are his immediate plans, he said, adding that he and his wife, Barbara, will probably continue to seek volunteer opportunities. Consecrated con·se·crate tr.v. con·se·crat·ed, con·se·crat·ing, con·se·crates 1. To declare or set apart as sacred: consecrate a church. 2. Christianity a. in September, 1992, Bishop Jenks is known for his strong support of social justice issues, including those involving indigenous peoples The term indigenous peoples has no universal, standard or fixed definition, but can be used about any ethnic group who inhabit the geographic region with which they have the earliest historical connection. and the Third World. He was ordained or·dain tr.v. or·dained, or·dain·ing, or·dains 1. a. To invest with ministerial or priestly authority; confer holy orders on. b. To authorize as a rabbi. 2. deacon in 1964 and priested in 1965. He initially served in two parishes in the diocese of New Westminster New Westminster, city (1991 pop. 43,585), SW British Columbia, Canada, on the Fraser River, part of metropolitan Vancouver. Founded in 1859 as Queensborough, it was the capital of British Columbia until Victoria was made capital after the union of British Columbia , moving to the diocese of British Columbia in 1970. In the 1980s, he was the diocese's director of program and executive assistant to the bishop. He has a strong connection with the South American country of Guyana, where he served for three years in the late 1980s as director of Christian education for the diocese of Guyana. In 1992, he was a member of an election observer team in Guyana that was part of a larger group sponsored by former U.S. president Jimmy Carter's Carter Center in Atlanta. He has also served as a parish priest in several Victoria churches. Bishop Jenks and his wife have two grown children. |
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