Canadian consecrated `Bishop in Europe': (Michael) Peers, (Jim) Boyles among the guests.London David Hamid -- a former staff member with the Anglican Church of Canada -- became the last bishop ordained by George Carey, the outgoing Archbishop of Canterbury The Archbishop of Canterbury is the main leader of the Church of England and by convention is also recognised as head of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The current archbishop is Rowan Williams. , in October. Bishop Hamid, who will serve as suffragan bishop in Europe (Church of England Church of England: see England, Church of. ), was Canada's regional mission coordinator for Latin America and the Caribbean from 1987 to 1996. He became director of ecumenical affairs for the Anglican Consultative Council The Anglican Consultative Council or ACC is one of the four "Instruments of Communion" of the Anglican Communion. It was created by a resolution of the 1968 Lambeth Conference. in 1996. The Canadian primate, Archbishop Michael Peers, and Archdeacon Jim Boyles, general secretary of General Synod, were at the consecration as was Bishop Hamid's former bishop, Ralph Spence of the diocese of Niagara. There were also a large number of ecumenical guests, including two priests from the Vatican and a host of Orthodox prelates. The bishop of London The Bishop of London is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of London in the Province of Canterbury. The diocese covers 458 km² (177 sq. mi.) of 17 boroughs of Greater London north of the River Thames (previously the County of Middlesex) and a small part of the , Richard Chartres, assisted and John Sentamu, the bishop of Birmingham The Bishop of Birmingham heads the Church of England diocese of Birmingham, in the Province of Canterbury, in England. The diocese covers the North West of the historical county of Warwickshire and has its see in the City of Birmingham, West Midlands, where the seat of the preached. About 30 Anglican bishops from England, Canada, Uruguay, Nigeria, and the United States were also present for the laying on of hands Noun 1. laying on of hands - the application of a faith healer's hands to the patient's body faith cure, faith healing - care provided through prayer and faith in God 2. , with two bishops from the Old Catholic Church. Born in Scotland to Scottish and Burmese parents, Bishop Hamid spent much of his ministry in Canada, and holds dual Canadian and British citizenship. He was rector of St. John's Burlington, Ont., (1983-87), where he developed a mission congregation into a self-supporting parish. Bishop Hamid's post at the Anglican Consultative Council is being filled by another Canadian, Bishop John Baycroft until June 2003. Bishop Baycroft is the former bishop of Ottawa and one-time director of the Anglican Centre in Rome. |
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