Primate will preside over Cuban synod.Archbishop Andrew Hutchison, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada The Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada (referred to in older documents as the Primate of All Canada) is elected by the General Synod of the Church from among a list of five bishops nominated by the House of Bishops. , is scheduled to visit Cuba this month to preside over a meeting of the Metropolitan Council of Cuba (MCC (The Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation, Austin, TX) The first high-tech research and development consortium in the U.S., created in 1982 by leading companies within the electronics industry. ), and to act as an observer and adviser at the annual general synod in Havana. It will be his first visit to Cuba and his first time presiding over the meeting of the council. The MCC was created in 1967 when Cuba lost provincial status in the Episcopal Church in the United States of America This article is about the Episcopal Church in the United States. For other uses, see Episcopal Church. The Episcopal Church is the official name of the Province of the Anglican Communion in the United States. due to the break in relations between the United States and Cuba after the Communist takeover in 1959. The Canadian church plays a special role in the Iglesia Episcopal de Cuba The Iglesia Episcopal de Cuba (Spanish for Episcopal Church of Cuba) consists of forty-six parishes, and about ten thousand members. It is a part of the Anglican Communion, though part of no ecclesiastical province. (IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iec.ch) An organization that sets international electrical and electronics standards founded in 1906. It is made up of national committees from over 60 countries. IEC - International Electrotechnical Commission , Episcopal Church of Cuba), which is extra-provincial, or not part of a province. The Canadian primate is president of the MCC, which also includes another archbishop and a diocesan bishop. Besides Archbishop Hutchison, current MCC officers are Archbishop Drexel Gomez of the West Indies and Bishop Miguel Tamayo of Uruguay. In 2004, the Canadian church provided financial support totaling $30,000 to the Cuban church--$12,000 for clergy salary support; $5,000, for diocesan programs; $7,000 for the Evangelical Theological seminary of Matanzas founded by Episcopal, Methodist, and Presbyterian churches in Cuba, and $6,000 for meeting costs and other incidental expenses related to the ecclesiastical oversight of the church. |
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