Bishop Scriven resigns

What follows is the official press release from the Diocese of Pittsburgh regarding Bishop Scriven's resignation. We'll miss Henry he's been a good bishop and friend to many of us. We wish him God's speed and success in his new ministry. That might be Catherine and him in the wagon. I'm not sure.

"Bishop Henry Scriven is moving to the United Kingdom to take up a key mission post for South America. The new position will begin January 1, 2009. Bishop Scriven will continue in his work as the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh's assistant bishop until mid-December. The Church Mission Society (CMS) and South American Missionary Society (SAMS) are planning to join together progressively from January 2009, subject to final negotiations and decisions by their respective governing bodies. Bishop Scriven will initially work in a leadership role within SAMS but it is planned that he will ultimately become the Mission Director for South America for the new joint entity that SAMS and CMS will set up together. In a letter announcing Bishop Scriven's decision to accept the position and move on from Pittsburgh at the end of the year, Bishop Robert Duncan said, "We will miss Henry's grace and humour, his international insights, his leadership of our diocesan networks, and his pastoral caring." In his own letter to the diocese, Bishop Scriven expressed his deep appreciation for the six years he and his wife, Catherine, have spent in the Diocese of Pittsburgh. "We have enjoyed living and working here more than any of the other 12 places we have lived in the last 33 years of marriage. We have incredibly gifted clergy and lay leaders and I know realignment will bring fresh incentive for mission, both local and worldwide," he said. Beyond the excitement of a new position, moving to Oxford will also bring them much nearer to family, who live in England. Bishop Scriven, a British citizen, has a long history of involvement in mission work, including serving with SAMS in Argentina, serving as the chaplain of the British Embassy Church in Madrid, Spain and as Suffragan Bishop in Europe for the Church of England."