Primate by numbers.HOW DID Archbishop Michael Peers The Most Reverend Michael Geoffrey Peers (born 1934) was Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada from 1986 till 2004. Born in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1934, Archbishop Peers completed an undergraduate degree in languages at the University of British Columbia in 1956 spend his days as a primate? The Anglican Journal gives you a bird's eye view, based on reports he submitted to the National Executive Council from September 1986 to December 1995 and the Council 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 from January 1996 to November 2003. The reports are incomplete, however--some were reportedly misplaced mis·place tr.v. mis·placed, mis·plac·ing, mis·plac·es 1. a. To put into a wrong place: misplace punctuation in a sentence. b. during staff changes--so the figures below are not the full total. Missing entries account for 22 months--less than two years out of 17 1/2--and those that remain show a tireless primate. IT TOOK Archbishop Peers and his wife, Dorothy, nine days to find a house in Toronto when they moved from Regina after his election as primate in 1986. They looked at 66 houses. DURING THE FIRST half of his primacy--9.5 years or 3,437 days--he spent 1,787 nights or 52 per cent at home, and 1,650 night or 48 per cent away from home. SINCE 1986 he has undergone medical check-ups for a total of 4.5 days in 17.5 years. HIS AVERAGE DAYS OFF work, including weekends, was two days a month. Since 1986, he logged 536 days off or an average of 29.7 days a year. (A full-time worker at Church House, excluding official holidays, gets 96.) HE CALLED IN SICK for a total of 16 days from September 1986 to November 2003-0.2 per cent of a total of 6,265 days. FOR THE 17.5 years he was primate, Archbishop Peers took 154.5 days of vacation leave, ah average of 8.5 days a year. That is nearly three weeks short of the vacation time he is entitled to. FAMILY BUSINESS took him away from his normal routine for only 15 days between September 1986 and N0vember 2003. HE TOOK A SABBATICAL of 127 days, during which he spent a week at home sorting personal books and papers (and gave away 23 cartons of books). He also learned "to cook a decent dinner," upgraded his computer skills, disengaged dis·en·gage v. dis·en·gaged, dis·en·gag·ing, dis·en·gag·es v.tr. 1. To release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles. See Synonyms at extricate. 2. from work ("not difficult") and turned 60. TURNING 60 was not particularly earthshaking earth·shak·ing adj. Of great consequence or importance. earth  shak , but he did notice
that, "banks are friendlier."
A NORMAL day will find him reading six chapters of the Old Testament in the morning, a psalm at noon, and two chapters of the New Testament in the evening. IN THE LAST 4.5 years, he has been more peripatetic, logging a total of 353 takeoffs and landings, 26.5 days of travel by car, nine by train, and two by bus. Each of those trips would include lifting and handling his luggage (which is specified in his job description). SINCE 1995--a seven-year period of travel here and abroad--he has collected 877,363 air miles Air Miles Noun, pl Brit points awarded on buying flight tickets and certain other products which can be used to pay for other flights under Air Canada's Aeroplan travel rewards. With this much mileage, the primate can take a trip around the world three times or more (depending on which class of ticket he--books). He can, in fact, point to any destination he wants and fly there, first class. A first-class round-trip ticket Noun 1. round-trip ticket - a ticket to a place and back (usually over the same route) return ticket ticket - a commercial document showing that the holder is entitled to something (as to ride on public transportation or to enter a public entertainment) to Hawaii can be redeemed for 190,000 points. If he wants to discover, say Tonga, it will cost him 140,000 miles. SINCE 1996, when he began calculating his local and international flights, he estimates that 316.5 out of 2,889 days--about 35 per cent--were spent traveling. THE HOURS IN FLIGHT (including hours in airport and ground transit) that he calculated from 1996 to November 2003 totaled 1,093.5 hours or about 45.5 days. 50 COUNTRIES--from Australia to Zimbabwe--have been graced by his presence. HIS NATIONAL WORK has taken him to 291 towns, cities, provinces, and municipalities across Canada Across Canada was an afternoon program that formerly aired on The Weather Network. The segment ran from early 1999 until mid 2002. The show ran from 3:00PM ET until 7:00 PM ET. , where he visited parishes and dioceses, attended meetings, preached, baptized bap·tize v. bap·tized, bap·tiz·ing, bap·tiz·es v.tr. 1. To admit into Christianity by means of baptism. 2. a. To cleanse or purify. b. To initiate. 3. , confirmed, officiated at weddings, addressed synods and clergy gatherings, and consulted, among other things. These trips took him from Agassiz, B.C., to Westphal, N.S. (alphabetically). He has gone to some of these places many times. IN TORONTO alone, he took more than 200 trips outside 600 Jarvis. OUTSIDE TORONTO, he often traveled to Ottawa (41 times), Winnipeg (39), and Montreal (23). AT CHURCH HOUSE, the national church office, he chaired at least 260 meetings and 26 conference calls. HE INTERVIEWED various staff at least 1,389 times. HE WAS INTERVIEWED by the media at least 204 times. HE WELCOMED visitors and dignitaries to church house at least 48 times. HE GAVE AWAY 61 "little bishops" as presents to bishops here and abroad. Sold by the British Museum British Museum, the national repository in London for treasures in science and art. Located in the Bloomsbury section of the city, it has departments of antiquities, prints and drawings, coins and medals, and ethnography. Company, these miniature bishops--made of ground stone and resin mix-are replicas of the "outstanding chessmen Chessmen can refer to the following:
For names of actual isles, see the specific element of the name; for example, Wight, Isle of. Lewis, Scotland, in 1831. |
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