Companion link sees US bishop take assisting role in Liverpool
From ACNS:
A companion link between the US-based Episcopal Church’s Diocese of Virginia and the Church of England’s Diocese of Liverpool took a step further this week when the Suffragan Bishop of Virginia was commissioned to serve also as the Assisting Bishop of Liverpool.
The Bishop of Liverpool, the Rt Revd Paul Bayes, was at the Shrine Mont Retreat Centre in Orkney Springs, Virginia, for the history-making event this week. With the blessing of the Archbishop of York, John Sentamu, and the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, Michael Curry, Bishop Bayes presented letters commissary to the Bishop of Virginia, the Rt Revd Shannon S. Johnston, confirming Bishop Susan Goff’s new appointment.
Bishops Bayes and Johnston prayed over Bishop Goff “while the room spontaneously rose to its feet with applause, love and affection,” a spokesman for the Diocese of Liverpool said.
Bishop Goff will continue to reside and minister in Virginia but will make trips to Liverpool for her new role. Her first responsibilities in Liverpool will include sharing with Bishop Bayes in the ordination of priests in June and speaking at the diocesan clergy conference in July.
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