Newfoundland bishop will retire after General Synod.Bishop Donald Harvey Donald Harvey (born in Butler County, Ohio on April 15, 1952) is known as one of the most prolific serial killers of all time, claiming to have murdered 87 people, while the official death toll has ranged anywhere from 36 to 57 deaths. He is a self-professed "Angel of Death". of the diocese of Eastern Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador, province, Canada Newfoundland and Labrador (ny  `fənlənd, ny has announced he will retire at the end of November.
"It's a combination of things but mostly, I'm just feeling tired," said Harvey Bishop Harvey, who will be 65 by then. He also said that, "the many challenges ahead require a leader with a fresh approach." Bishop Harvey said that his retirement "has no connection" with ongoing debates within the church over the issue of same-sex unions, which will be one of the issues to be tackled during the meeting of General Synod The General Synod is the title of the governing body of some church organizations. Church of England In the Church of England, General Synod was instituted in 1970 and is the culmination of a process of rediscovering self-government for the Church of England that had which begins in late May. "I haven't written off the General Synod. I'm still hoping that a successful resolution (on the issue) will still come," he told the Anglican Journal. After 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 approved the blessing of same-sex unions in 2002, Bishop Harvey had been quoted as saying that he "will not be able to live in a church that makes (same-sex blessings) part of its policy." Bishop Harvey said he intends to live in the diocese but is unsure what he wants to do next. He said that while he might have stayed on until he was 70, the mandatory retirement A mandatory retirement age is the age at which persons who hold certain jobs or offices are required by statute to step down, or retire. Typically, mandatory retirement ages are justified by the argument that certain occupations are either too dangerous (military personnel) age for bishops, he just felt that the time to leave had come. "Ever since I reached pensionable age the idea of leaving had always crossed my mind," he said. The diocese will hold an electoral synod for a coadjutor bishop A coadjutor bishop (or bishop coadjutor) is a bishop in the Roman Catholic or Anglican churches who is designated to assist the diocesan bishop in the administration of the diocese almost as co-bishop of the diocese. on June 12, 2004, and the consecration will be held in September. A coadjutor bishop is an elected bishop who has the right to succeed the diocesan bishop when he or she retires. |
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