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Article: Rector of All Saints' to be bishop of new Anglican group
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- Press-Telegram Long Beach, CA.
- Article date:
- October 29, 2009
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LONG BEACH - As he sits back on a leather couch at All Saints'
Church, Father William Thompson has a moment of respite.
It's a chance for him to reflect on the tumultuous past five
years and the big challenges that lie ahead.
On Saturday, the longtime rector will be formally consecrated as
the first bishop of the recently formed Dioceses of Western
Anglicans in the Anglican Church in North America.
A gathering of about 800 congregants and national and
international religious leaders are expected to be on hand for the
service at St. Andrews Presbyterian Church in Newport Beach. It will
be presided over by Archbishop Robert Duncan of the Anglican Church
in North America.
It has been quite a ...