 "The Advocate (The national gay & lesbiannewsmagazine)")
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Supporting gays in the name of God. (Episcopal Bishop Walter Righter on his new book 'A Pilgrim's Way')(Brief Article)(Interview)
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When retired Episcopal bishop Walter Righter was about to be charged with heresy for ordaining a gay man who was in a relationship, he broke the news to the parishioners at the small Vermont church where he attended services. He was surprised to find that the churchgoers were far less conservative than he had imagined. "There were 85-year-old Vermont people really trying to be supportive of me," Righter recalled. "The whole thing was a great big symbol of what I'm talking about. T...
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Episcopal bishop can't use chapel
The Boston Globe
; BURLINGTON, Vt. -- In 1986 the installation of the Episcopal bishop for the state of Vermont was held in a Catholic church. The Episcopals had asked to use the chapel at St. Michael's College because it is one of the largest churches in the state. But the Catholic church has declined to allow next
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Retired Episcopal bishop to help poor
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; Retired Episcopal bishop to help poor By TOM HEINEN theinen@journalsentinel.com, Journal Sentinel Saturday, February 15, 2003 A search committee has narrowed the list of candidates to succeed Milwaukee's Episcopal bishop to five finalists, with plans to release their names March 5 and to hold the
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Man in the middle; the reform & influence of Henry Benjamin Whipple, the first Episcopal Bishop of Minnesota.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Reference & Research Book News
; ... advocating for Indian policy reform. Minister and religious instructor Brake examines his work, drawing from his sermons and letters, and Dakota and Chippewa testimony from the Minnesota Historical Society. ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR)
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Clarence Pope.(People)(Episcopal bishop)(Brief article)
The Christian Century
; Clarence Pope, 76, the Episcopal bishop of Fort Worth, Texas, from 1986 to 1995, has rejoined the Roman Catholic Church, becoming the second bishop this year to switch from Episcopalian to Catholic. Pope became Catholic upon his retirement 12 years ago, but he returned to the Episcopal Church later
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Evelyn Montgomery, 100, Episcopal bishop's mother
Chicago Sun-Times
; Evelyn Lee Winchester Montgomery, 100, mother of the Rev. James W. Montgomery, Episcopal bishop of Chicago, died yesterday in St. Francis Hospital, Evanston. Mrs. Montgomery, of the North Side, was born in Macon, Ga. Her father, the Rev. James Rideout Winchester, later became Episcopal bishop of
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