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ACNS News Digest
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  • New Bishops Announced
    Dean of St Davids Cathedral elected as new Bishop of St Davids, Wales The man in charge of one of the country's best loved landmarks and the cradle of Christianity in Wales was elected as the new Bishop of St Davids. The Dean of St Davids Cathedral, the Very Reverend John Wyn Evans, was elected as the 128th bishop of the diocese by the Electoral College of the Church in Wales, at a "lock in " meeting at the cathedral.

  • Diocese of Louisiana prepares to enter area worst hit by hurricane
    Parishes south of New Orleans appear to have borne brunt of Gustav Officials of the New Orleans-based Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana hope to enter the civil parish of Terrebonne on September 5 to survey damage from Hurricane Gustav and assess people's needs. "We assume we have significant church damage in Houma and I just don't know about Bayou du Large," Bishop Charles Jenkins reported September 4, speaking from his car as he was making a delivery of gasoline and generators.

  • Archbishop of Canterbury calls for end to violence in Orissa
    The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Willams, has expressed profound distress at the extreme violence being used in Orissa following the murder of Hindu leader, Swami Lakshmananda Saraswati.

  • 'Family' embrace for Bishop Victoria Matthews
    When last Saturday afternoon’s installation service for Bishop Victoria Matthews as the eighth Bishop of Christchurch was finished, the woman who’s taken her place as the new Bishop of Edmonton reflected on Canada’s loss and Christchurch’s gain.

  • A Call to Protect Civilians
    A Statement by the Rt Revd Duleep de Chickera, Bishop of Colombo  The Church of Ceylon (E-P) – Ceylon People of conscience are perturbed that the current war in the LTTE occupied Vanni places the majority of civilians at tremendous risk. Unarmed and trapped in this war zone, large numbers of civilians, including children, are caught in the intense cross-fire of a deadly armed confrontation. Thousands are already displaced and can flee only to places of temporary safety.


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