From bishop to chief enforcer and chaplain.STAFF Bishop Ralph Spence of the Hamilton, Ont.-based diocese of Niagara will be heading across the Atlantic for a new adventure after he retires on Feb. 29, 2008. He will move to London for several months at the invitation of the 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. to help organize the Lambeth Conference Lambeth Conference, convocation at Lambeth Palace, London, that brings together all the bishops in the Anglican Communion. It meets about every 10 years at the invitation of the archbishop of Canterbury and is the principal instrument of international Anglican life, , the decennial de·cen·ni·al adj. 1. Relating to or lasting for ten years. 2. Occurring every ten years. n. A tenth anniversary. meeting of the world's Anglican bishops An Anglican Bishop is a bishop in the Anglican church, either in the British Isles or beyond. Anglican Bishops
"I'm going to be chaplain to all the workers, about 1,000 people," he said in an interview. In addition, he said, he will be "helping out with disciplinary matters" during the conference. "If somebody needs to be straightened out on their conduct or behaves inappropriately, I'll be helping them understand what the appropriate conduct will be," he said. The invitation resulted from work Bishop Spence performed in 2002 at the Anglican Communion Anglican Communion, the body of churches in all parts of the world that are in communion with the Church of England (see England, Church of). The communion is composed of regional churches, provinces, and separate dioceses bound together by mutual loyalty as office, putting records in order from the 1998 Lambeth Conference. The diocese has scheduled an episcopal election for June 2, 2007 to choose Bishop Spence's successor. |
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