Dr Nicholls, Primate of Canada, to retire

THE Primate of Canada, Dr Linda Nicholls, is to retire on 15 September, a month earlier than her seventieth birthday (the obligatory retirement age), she introduced on Wednesday. Dr Nicholls was elected on 13 July 2019 — the primary girl to carry the workplace in Canada, and the second feminine Primate within the Anglican Communion. Previously, she was Bishop of Huron (2016-19), and Area Bishop of Trent-Durham, within the diocese of Toronto (2008-16), the place she spent nearly 20 years as a parish priest. Dr Nicholls stated in her announcement: “To see God at work bringing healing and hope in the midst of the sorrows, pain and joy of daily life for individuals, families, communities and our wider world is a privilege that cannot be measured.” A brand new Primate is to be elected by the General Synod in 2025. Until then, the Metropolitan of Ontario and Archbishop of Algoma and Moosonee, the Most Revd Anne Germond, will function Acting Primate.

WCC prayers in wake of Taiwan earthquake

THE common secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC), the Revd Professor Jerry Pillay, has despatched his condolences to the bereaved in Taiwan, after a 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck the nation on 3 April, killing a minimum of ten individuals. About 1000 had been injured. Rescue efforts proceed. Professor Pillay additionally expressed his “pain” that the Yushan Theological Seminary — owned by the Presbyterian Church in Taiwan — was broken. The tremors additionally triggered landslides, masking villages close to by in mud.

Search for brand new Anglican Alliance director begins

THE government director of the Anglican Alliance, Canon Rachel Carnegie, has introduced that she is stepping down in mid-October — after a decade of management — to take up different worldwide church and growth work. A seek for a brand new government director has begun. The deadline for purposes is 6 May. The Alliance was launched in 2011, on the advice of bishops on the 2008 Lambeth Conference. It convenes aid and growth companies based mostly in Churches all over the world, and collaborates with ecumenical companions in humanitarian work. Canon Carnegie was a part of the staff growing the Anglican Alliance from 2009, when she served because the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Secretary for International Development.