Will he stay or will he go in 2007?Mississauga, Ont. The 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. , has asked 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 (COGS These are all the Cogs found in Disney's Toontown Online. Names that are moved forward are leaders of the HQ of that specific Cog type. Bossbots
"The question is whether there will be a primatial election at General Synod or not," Archbishop Andrew Hutchison Andrew Sandford Hutchison L.Th., D.D, D.C.L. (h.c.) (born in Toronto in 1938), is a retired Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada. Prior to his election at the General Synod of 2004, he was the bishop of Montreal and metropolitan of the ecclesiastical province of Canada (which, told CoGS during its meeting Nov. 17-20. "Any comments you might have in the next year or so will be helpful." He said that the General Synod planning and agenda committee had asked him for his thoughts on the matter. Archbishop Hutchison told national church staff at a briefing Nov. 23 that there are at least three options being considered: to elect a new primate in 2007, to extend his term until 2008, or to extend his term until General Synod meets again in 2010. "For me to go through until 2008 will allow me to attend Lambeth and take my comeuppance come·up·pance n. A punishment or retribution that one deserves; one's just deserts: "It's a chance to strike back at the critical brotherhood and give each his comeuppance for evaluative sins of the past" on all this stuff we've been going through, and then retire," he told staff. 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, , which happens every 10 years and is next scheduled for 2008, gathers all the bishops of 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 . "That will leave you with a non-elected primate." (In that case, the church's senior metropolitan of the day would serve as acting primate for two years until 2010.) He said all three options are "open to me and it's my call, I guess." He added: "I simply put that out to council (COGS), and you--and my wife--have to give some thought on this so that you can advise me so that I can decide." Archbishop Hutchison said that he has been advised by Ronald Stevenson, General Synod's chancellor (legal adviser), that it was "legally possible" to extend his term for two years. During a discussion at COGS, Archbishop Caleb Lawrence of Moosonee, asked whether the church's canon can also be changed to allow a primate to serve past the mandatory retirement age of 70. Mr. Stevenson said the canon could be changed in a single session of General Synod with a two-thirds vote of clergy and laity. Asked whether it was possible to elect a co-adjutor primate in 2007, Mr. Stevenson said, "not under the present canons, no." Some dioceses, anticipating the retirement of a bishop, elect a co-adjutor bishop who has automatic right of succession when the incumbent steps down. MARITES N. SISON STAFF WRITER |
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