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SALMON TO PROVIDE SUPPLEMENTAL OVERSIGHT

Bishops Chane and Salmon to work with Chevy Chase parish

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Jim Naughton, 202/537-7162
October 24, 2006

Bishop John Bryson Chane has appointed the Rt. Rev. Edward L. Salmon, bishop of South Carolina , to provide supplemental episcopal oversight to All Saints Church, Chevy Chase, Md.

In making the appointment, Bishop Chane said he was attempting to maintain the highest degree of communion possible with All Saints, in spite of theological differences between the diocese and the substantial majority of the parish.

(Read Bishop Chane's letter to Chevy Chase parish)

“Under this arrangement, Bishop Salmon has agreed to visit the parish from time to time, to confirm on my behalf and to supervise the process of discernment of individuals who wish to explore their potential call to ordination,” Bishop Chane wrote in a letter to All Saints parishioners dated October 23.

“I will continue to make canonical visitations to the Parish, of course, and work with candidates for ordination under Bishop Salmon's oversight,” Bishop Chane wrote.

All Saints belongs to the Anglican Communion Network. “The Network is an organization that exists to be a united missionary movement within global Anglicanism, and is in theological disagreement with the Episcopal Church regarding the authority of Holy Scripture,” said the Rev. Al Zadig, Jr., rector of All Saints, and a member of the Network's steering committee.

Bishop Salmon's diocese also belongs to the Network.

Bishop Chane said he has “long respected” Bishop Salmon, and has developed a warm relationship with him during their service together in the Episcopal Church's House of Bishops.

“I believe you will find him to be a reconciling figure in your midst and I bid you to welcome him to your community,” he wrote to parishioners.

In accepting the appointment, Salmon also stressed the importance of his relationship with Bishop Chane. “It has put me in a place where I can be of help and pastoral support to both the parish and the bishop of Washington ,” he said.

“This decision by Bishop Chane simply reflects the open recognition in both the House of Bishops and the House of Deputies at General Convention 2006 that ‘we are two [theological] minds within one body,' ” the Rev. Zadig, Jr., said. “The events on the international and national stage are now playing out on the local level. Despite all that, this generous act by Bishops Chane and Salmon will help us continue a thriving, growing and loving orthodox ministry in Washington .”

The two bishops will hold a meeting at All Saints at 4 p.m. on October 29.

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