Archbishop & Primate Linda Nicholls announces plans to retire in September 2024

2 weeks 3 days ago

Archbishop Linda Nicholls, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, has announced that she will step down from her role on September 15, 2024. The canons of the Anglican Church of Canada require primates to retire upon reaching their 70th birthday. Archbishop Nicholls will reach mandatory retirement age in October. Archbishop Nicholls was elected as … Continued

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Retirement announcement from Primate Linda Nicholls

2 weeks 3 days ago

A message to the Anglican Church of Canada: In the fall of 2024, I will complete thirty-nine years of ordained ministry in the Anglican Church of Canada. Although it had been my hope to continue until General Synod 2025, I will also reach our mandatory retirement age. I have therefore written to the Senior Metropolitan, … Continued

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Primate’s Easter Appeal

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Dear friends in Christ, We are the inheritors of the gifts of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Alleluia! Generation after generation, the gift of faith—that the love of God is stronger than death—has been shared and celebrated by Christian disciples. We are the inheritors of that faith, commissioned by baptism to live it and share … Continued

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New editor of the Canadian Church Historical Society announced

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The Executive Committee of the Canadian Church Historical Society (CCHS) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Thomas Power to the Editorship of the Journal of the Canadian Church Historical Society, effective 1 March 2024, for a three-year renewable term.

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Primate reflects on 2nd anniversary of war in Ukraine

2 months ago

February 24 will mark the second anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the start of the war. In the past twenty-four months, the Ukrainian people have faced the destruction of their cities and towns, and they have mounted spirited resistance. Many have had to flee Ukraine to find safety in neighbouring countries and … Continued

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ACC celebrates 30th anniversary of women’s ordination as bishops

2 months 2 weeks ago

This month, the Anglican Church of Canada marks the 30th anniversary of the day it first consecrated a woman as bishop. The Right Reverend Victoria Matthews was consecrated as bishop on February 12, 1994. She is currently the episcopal administrator of the Anglican Diocese of Moosonee and bishop in residence for St. Matthew’s Anglican Cathedral … Continued

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