From Boston-Bishop M. Thomas Shaw, former leader of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts, is nearing the “end of his earthly pilgrimage,” his successor, Bishop Alan M. Gates, said in a message posted Thursday on the diocese’s website.
“I invite you to join me in lifting prayers for Bishop Tom Shaw,” the message said.
The posting said that Shaw’s “illness has progressed and his physical energy has continued to diminish.”
In January 2013, Shaw announced that he would be retiring. Several months later he was diagnosed with cancer.
Shaw had said goodbye in mid-September to about 3,000 of the faithful at the consecration of Gates as his successor.
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