{"id":28134,"date":"2020-04-21T23:27:13","date_gmt":"2020-04-22T03:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=28134"},"modified":"2020-04-21T23:31:31","modified_gmt":"2020-04-22T03:31:31","slug":"archbishop-melissa-skelton-to-retire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/archbishop-melissa-skelton-to-retire\/","title":{"rendered":"Archbishop Melissa Skelton to retire"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Diocese of New Westminster\u2019s Bishop Melissa Skelton will be retiring in 2021.<\/p>\n

Her tenure was not as divisive or tumultuous as her predecessor, Michael Ingham but that isn\u2019t saying much, since his contribution to the fracture of the Anglican communion, while not singlehanded, was energetic and indispensable.<\/p>\n

Skelton supported all the usual causes, most of which bore little relation to the religion that is responsible for paying her salary. Here she is, for example, wearing a pussyhat<\/a>. Purple, not pink, as befitting the dignity of her calling as a bishop.<\/p>\n

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From here<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Greetings, People of the Diocese of New Westminster<\/p>\n

When I first became the Bishop of the Diocese, I reminded all of you that, on account of Provincial Canons specifying that bishops must retire by age 70, I would have seven years to serve as your bishop. I turn 70 years of age in mid-March of 2021, and with a mixture of sadness about leaving as well as excitement for the future of this Diocese, I inform you that I am calling for the election of a Bishop Coadjutor for the Diocese of New Westminster on October 3, 2020.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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