FiF International News
Bishops offer support to San Joaquin
Jan 3, 2008
Following on from the decision on 8 December by the Diocesan Convention of the Diocese of San Joaquin, and mindful of the letter of 3 December from the Presiding Bishop to the Bishop of San Joaquin, in which she wrote: ‘. . While you may believe that the Diocese of San Joaquin can be welcomed into another Province of the Anglican Communion, I believe you will find that few parts of the Communion will recognize such a proposal . .', the Bishop of Fort Worth and a number of other bishops from around the Anglican Communion have recently written to the Bishop of San Joaquin as follows:
Dear Bishop John-David,
We, Episcopal colleagues from across the Anglican Communion and across the world, write to salute you on the courageous decision of the Diocesan Convention of San Joaquin to take leave of The Episcopal Church and to align with the Province of the Southern Cone. We know that decision was to a large extent the result of your tenacity and faithful leadership, and for that we give thanks to God.
It has been said that you are isolated and alone. We want you and the world to know that in this decision for the faith once delivered to the saints, we stand with you and beside you.
May Christ abundantly bless you and your diocese with all the gifts of the Spirit and with joy in believing.
Yours in Christ,
The Right Revd Jack L Iker Bishop of Fort Worth
and
The Most Revd Peter Jensen Archbishop of Sydney
The Right Revd Matthias Medadues-Badohu Bishop of Ho
The Right Revd Michael Nazir-Ali Bishop of Rochester
The Right Revd Gerard Mpango Bishop of Western Tanganyika
The Right Revd Robert Duncan Bishop of Pittsburgh
The Right Revd Ross Davies Bishop of The Murray
The Right Revd Keith L Ackerman Bishop of Quincy
The Right Revd Peter Beckwith Bishop of Springfield
The Right Revd Ewen Ratteray Bishop of Bermuda
The Right Revd Michael Hough Bishop of Ballarat
The Right Revd John Broadhurst Bishop of Fulham
The Right Revd Martyn Jarrett Bishop of Beverley
The Right Revd John Goddard Bishop of Burnley
The Right Revd Keith Newton Bishop of Richborough
The Right Revd Robert Forsyth Bishop of South Sydney
The Right Revd Andrew Burnham Bishop of Ebbsfleet
The Right Revd Lindsay Urwin Bishop of Horsham
The Right Revd Wallace Benn Bishop of Lewes
The Right Revd Henry Scriven Assistant Bishop, Diocese of Pittsburgh
The Right Revd Bill Attwood Province of Kenya
The Right Revd Martyn Minns Convocation of Anglicans in North America
The Right Revd David Anderson Convocation of Anglicans in North America
The Right Revd John Gaisford lately Bishop of Beverley
The Right Revd Edward MacBurney lately Bishop of Quincy
The Right Revd Roger Jupp lately Bishop of Popondota
The Right Revd David Silk lately Bishop of Ballarat
The Right Revd Jackson Biggers lately Bishop of Northern Malawi
The Right Revd Nöel Jones lately Bishop of Sodor and Man
The Right Revd Edwin Barnes lately Bishop of Richborough
The Right Revd William Wantland lately Bishop of Eau Claire
The Right Revd Donald Parsons formerly Bishop of Quincy
