Via Anglican Communion News Service
Leigh Ann writes for Anglican Journal:
Beginning in the new year, National Indigenous Anglican Bishop Mark MacDonald will also be the new area bishop for the Northern Manitoba region of the diocese of Keewatin.
David Ashdown, Archbishop of the Diocese of Keewatin and Metropolitan of the ecclesiastical Province of Rupert’s Land, made the announcement on Dec. 17 and requested prayers for Bishop Mark, the clergy and people of the northern Manitoba region “as together we begin this new adventure in witness and ministry.”
“Bishop Mark shall have full episcopal authority in Northern Manitoba Region in all matters except for those matters which I am required by canon to retain, namely those relating to the discipline of clergy,” the archbishop wrote, noting that he would deal with any such matters in full consultation with Bishop Mark.
Matthew Townsend is a Halifax-based freelance journalist and volunteer advocate for survivors of sexual misconduct in Anglican settings. He served as editor of the Anglican Journal from 2019 to 2021 and communications missioner for the Anglican Diocese of Quebec from 2019 to 2022. He and his wife recently entered catechism class in the Orthodox Church in America.
