Election confirmed.The choice of Canon Gordon Light as bishop suffragan suf·fra·gan n. Abbr. Suff. or Suffr. 1. A bishop elected or appointed as an assistant to the bishop or ordinary of a diocese, having administrative and episcopal responsibilities but no jurisdictional functions. to the metropolitan 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 and the Yukon, with responsibility for the central interior of B.C., was confirmed Jan. 24 by the province's electoral college electoral college, in U.S. government, the body of electors that chooses the president and vice president. The Constitution, in Article 2, Section 1, provides: "Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, . Bishop-elect Light's consecration will take place in Kamloops, B.C. on May 16. Representatives from the Anglican Parishes of the Central Interior (APCI APCI Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Ionization APCI Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. APCI Association of Professional Color Imagers APCI Advisory Panel on Country Information (UK) APCI Applied Personal Computing, Inc. ), formerly the diocese of Cariboo, nominated Bishop-elect Light to the position of bishop suffragan (or assistant bishop) in an election held Jan. 10. Since APCI is not a diocese, but is administered from the office of the metropolitan (senior bishop of the province), currently Archbishop David Crawley David Crawley (born June 20, 1977) is an Irish football player. David was born in Dundalk, Co. Louth and is currently enjoying his second spell with hometown club Dundalk FC in the Eircom League having re-joined from Shelbourne F.C. , Bishop-elect Light's nomination had to be confirmed by the electoral college of the ecclesiastical (church) province. The diocese of Cariboo closed its Kamloops office at the end of 2001, financially crippled by lawsuits stemming from the Anglican church's management of Indian residential schools. Staff |
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