From the Living Church-The Rt. Rev. Keith L. Ackerman, who resigned last month as Bishop of Quincy, will serve as an assisting bishop in the neighboring Diocese of Springfield. The Rt. Rev. Peter H. Beckwith, Bishop of Springfield, said the Presiding Bishop’s office had been notified that the new position would become effective Dec. 1.
Bishop Ackerman’s resignation came a week before an overwhelming majority of delegates to the annual synod of the Diocese of Quincy voted to leave The Episcopal Church and to affiliate with the Anglican Church of the Southern Cone, based in Argentina.
Appointments to assistant bishop positions require consent from the annual synod of the diocese and a majority of the House of Bishops, but the position of assisting bishop, which is not defined in the canons and constitution of The Episcopal Church, is at the discretion of individual diocesan bishops unless otherwise constrained by local diocesan bylaws.
http://www.livingchurch.org/news/news-updates/2008/12/3/bishop-ackerman-accepts-call-to-springfield
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I read somewhere else that +Ackerman himself denied this report, stating that he would do spiritual retreats for Springfield clergy and such, but was not an assisting bishop, that notifying +Schori was unnecessary, and that he planned to move to Texas and semi-retire. FYI.
Sports Dave: Thanks for the information. I know Keith's health has not been good. If you see anything that contradicts the Living Church report send it to me and I'll put it up.
Here's a report:
http://www.virtueonline.org/portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=9465
Peace,
SD
Hmm...that last didn't paste well. The last part of the address is as follows:
modules/news/article.php?storyid=9465
Sorry for my technology ineptness :).
SD
Thanks Dave: Unfortunately DaviD V. gets so much stuff wrong I won't post links to him but others can use the link in your comment. (This past summer David V. posted that he had obtained the secret plan which showed that the PB was going to swoop into Pittsburgh after Oct. 4th and set up her own diocese!)
Yikes. That's good to know. I tend to widely read blogs on both sides of the separation question, but was unaware of the previous history on that one.
Thanks for the heads-up.
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