FiF International News
Bishops offer support to San Joaquin
Jan 3, 2008

Following on from the decision on 8 December by the Diocesan Convention of the Diocese of San Joaquin, and mindful of the letter of 3 December from the Presiding Bishop to the Bishop of San Joaquin, in which she wrote: ‘. . While you may believe that the Diocese of San Joaquin can be welcomed into another Province of the Anglican Communion, I believe you will find that few parts of the Communion will recognize such a proposal . .', the Bishop of Fort Worth and a number of other bishops from around the Anglican Communion have recently written to the Bishop of San Joaquin as follows:

Dear Bishop John-David,

We, Episcopal colleagues from across the Anglican Communion and across the world, write to salute you on the courageous decision of the Diocesan Convention of San Joaquin to take leave of The Episcopal Church and to align with the Province of the Southern Cone. We know that decision was to a large extent the result of your tenacity and faithful leadership, and for that we give thanks to God.

It has been said that you are isolated and alone. We want you and the world to know that in this decision for the faith once delivered to the saints, we stand with you and beside you.

May Christ abundantly bless you and your diocese with all the gifts of the Spirit and with joy in believing.

Yours in Christ, 

The Right Revd Jack L Iker	Bishop of Fort Worth
and
The Most Revd Peter Jensen	Archbishop of Sydney
The Most Revd James Ayong	Archbishop of Papua New Guinea
The Right Revd Matthias Medadues-Badohu	Bishop of Ho
The Right Revd Michael Nazir-Ali	Bishop of Rochester
The Right Revd Gerard Mpango	Bishop of Western Tanganyika
The Right Revd Robert Duncan	Bishop of Pittsburgh
The Right Revd Ross Davies	Bishop of The Murray
The Right Revd Allan Migi	Bishop of The New Guinea Islands
The Right Revd Tevita Talanoa	Bishop of Dogura
The Right Revd Peter Ramsden	Bishop of Port Moresby
The Right Revd Joseph Kopapa	Bishop of Popondota
The Right Revd Keith L Ackerman	Bishop of Quincy
The Right Revd Peter Beckwith	Bishop of Springfield
The Right Revd Ewen Ratteray	Bishop of Bermuda
The Right Revd Michael Hough	Bishop of Ballarat
The Right Revd Maternus Kapinga	Bishop of Ruvuma
The Right Revd John Broadhurst	Bishop of Fulham
The Right Revd Martyn Jarrett	Bishop of Beverley
The Right Revd John Goddard	Bishop of Burnley
The Right Revd Keith Newton	Bishop of Richborough
The Right Revd Nathan Ingen	Aipo Regional Bishop, Diocese of Aipo Rongo
The Right Revd Dennis Ririka	Rongo Regional Bishop, Diocese of Aipo Rongo
The Right Revd Robert Forsyth	Bishop of South Sydney
The Right Revd Andrew Burnham	Bishop of Ebbsfleet
The Right Revd Lindsay Urwin	Bishop of Horsham
The Right Revd Wallace Benn	Bishop of Lewes
The Right Revd Henry Scriven	Assistant Bishop, Diocese of Pittsburgh
The Right Revd Bill Attwood	Province of Kenya
The Right Revd Martyn Minns	Convocation of Anglicans in North America
The Right Revd David Anderson	Convocation of Anglicans in North America
The Right Revd John Guernsey	Suffragan Bishop, Province of Uganda
The Right Revd John Gaisford	lately Bishop of Beverley
The Right Revd Edward MacBurney	lately Bishop of Quincy
The Right Revd Roger Jupp	lately Bishop of Popondota
The Right Revd David Silk	lately Bishop of Ballarat
The Right Revd Jackson Biggers	lately Bishop of Northern Malawi
The Right Revd Nöel Jones	lately Bishop of Sodor and Man
The Right Revd Edwin Barnes	lately Bishop of Richborough
The Right Revd William Wantland	lately Bishop of Eau Claire
The Right Revd Donald Parsons	formerly Bishop of Quincy