Episcopal Press and News
News Brief
Episcopal News Service. July 28, 1977 [77248]
The Rt. Rev. Hamilton Hyde Kellog, retired Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Minnesota, died here July 5 at the age of 77. He was bishop in the Minnesota diocese for 18 years -- first as coadjutor bishop from 1952 to 1956 and then as the fifth diocesan bishop from 1956 until his retirement in 1970. Bishop Kellog was a native of Skanteales, N.Y. He served parishes in Syracuse, N.Y., Greenwich and Danbury, Conn., and was dean of Christ Church Cathedral in Houston when he was elected to the episcopate. His successor in Minnesota, the Rt. Rev. Philip F. McNairy, conducted the funeral service on July 7 at the Cathedral Church of St. Mark. Burial was in Chester, Mass., the hometown of his wife, who is his only survivor.
The Rt. Rev. John W. Armstrong, Bishop of Cashel, in the Anglican Church of Ireland, has been enthroned as Bishop of Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin. He succeeds the Most Rev. H. R. McAdoo, who was installed as Archbishop of Dublin and Glendalough and Primate of Ireland on June 12. Bishop Armstrong's diocese has recently united with the Dioceses of Waterford and Lismore and Cashel and the new jurisdiction will now be known as Cashel and Ossory.
The Rt. Rev. Alastair Haggart, Bishop of Edinburgh, has been elected by his fellow bishops to be the new Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church in succession to the Rt. Rev. Richard Wimbush. Bishop Wimbush, Bishop of Argyll and the Isles, has been Primus since 1974; he has reached the Church's retirement age of 68. Bishop Haggart, 61, was consecrated in December 1975 and is the junior member of the college of seven diocesan bishops in the Scottish Anglican church. A Highlander by birth, Bishop Haggart was brought up in the Free Church of Scotland (Presbyterian) but became an Anglican in his early twenties.
Archbishop Donald Coggan of Canterbury has acceded to the request of the Church of the British Falkland Islands, off the southeast tip of South America, that he should resume the episcopal jurisdiction over them which his predecessor, Dr. Michael Ramsey, relinquished in 1974 in favor of the Anglican Council for South America (CASA). The islands have a population of 2,000, predominantly British, and the Church members said they felt "little affinity with the Spanish-speaking mainland." The new agreement will mark the separation of the Church on the Falkland Islands from the Anglican Diocese of Argentina and Eastern South America. It is expected that Dr. Coggan will shortly appoint a bishop to minister in his behalf in the Falklands. The situation is a delicate one for the Archbishop since Argentina resents Britain's possession of the Falkland Islands and lays claim to them for itself.
A Roman Catholic-Episcopal shared parish will begin operating in Norfolk this fall. A joint project of the Episcopal Diocese of Southern Virginia and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Richmond, the parish has a target membership of about 200, evenly divided between the two traditions, from the Norfolk metropolitan area. The parish will be more than a covenant arrangement between two parishes or one parish using the facilities of another, according to Bishop Coadjutor Charles Vache of the Episcopal diocese. Its life and work will be as fully one as possible, he said.
The foundation stone for a new Anglican cathedral in Cairo has been laid by the first Egyptian Anglican Bishop, the Rt. Rev. Ishaq Musaad. The cost of the cathedral and other buildings, some of which have been completed and are already in use, is being met by the Moslem government. The former Cathedral of All Saints', which was wellknown to Allied Forces during World War II, when it was frequently packed to capacity, is now being demolished to make way for a road link between the city center and the East bank of the Nile. After several years of negotiations, the Anglican Church authorities agreed to accept the government's offer to finance the replacement building as "adventure in citizenship," believing that this sacrifice would be for the welfare of the people of the city.
The Rev. Edward W. Jones, rector of St. James' Episcopal Church, Lancaster, Pa., will be consecrated Bishop Coadjutor of the Diocese of Indianapolis on Sept. 10 at Market Square Arena here. Bishop John P. Craine has announced his intention to retire as Bishop of Indianapolis on April 25, the 21st anniversary of his consecration, and at that time Bishop Jones will succeed him.
Members of the Episcopal Church will join many labor, religious, civil rights, and other organizations in observing Full Employment Week, according to Woodrow W. Carter, officer for social welfare at the Episcopal Church Center. The observance will take place Labor Day week, Sept. 4-10, and is sponsored by the Full Employment Action Council of Washington, D. C., which is chaired by Mr. Murray H. Finley and Mrs. Coretta Scott King. Highlights of Full Employment Week will be local public actions, such as demonstrations, rallies, parades; meetings with members of Congress; and use of local media to raise the consciousness of the public about unemployment. Mr. Carter has called on all interested agencies and constituency groups in the Episcopal Church to respond to this call to action.
The next meeting of the Episcopal Church's Coalition for Human Needs -- the major grant-making commission of the Church in Society section -- will be November 18. Deadline for the submission of applications for grants is August 18, according to the Rev. Earl A. Neil, staff officer for the Coalition. The Coalition co- ordinates funding of projects for minority and other community action groups. (An announcement is expected to be made in mid-August about the recent grants approved by the Coalition.)
Planned staff changes which were announced last March, actually took effect on July 25. On that date Mrs. Alice Emery moved from United Thank Offering coordinator to Executive for Church in Society, succeeding the Rt. Rev. Richard B. Martin, who then became Executive for Education for Ministry. The latter position had been filled by Mrs. Ruth G. Cheney who retired at the end of July. Mrs. Emery was succeeded in the UTO office by Miss Judith Gillespie. (Note: See DPS releases # 77079 and 77215 for details on the proposed staff changes.)
Almost 50 Episcopalians came to the Purdue University campus in July for the triennial assembly of Church Women United. More than 2, 400 men and women from six continents gathered to explore the implications of the resurrection today. Episcopalians elected to the board of managers were: Beclee Wilson, Piedmont, Calif., Southwest regional vice president; Evelyn S. Peyton, Waterford, Conn., denominational representative; Marjorie Gross, Yankton, S.D., state president and representative; and Helen B. McAllister, Oklahoma City, Okla., member-at-large.
The executive director of "LIBERATION in Jesus Christ," an organization that primarily serves "as a Christian ministry within the Episcopal Church in the United States to help individuals with sexual problems, especially homosexuality and lesbianism," has resigned for personal reasons. Guy Charles -- who is seeking restitution of his given and family name of Gideon Armour Charleson -- resigned effective July 15. He said he plans to enter a Bible institute or school in the fall. The future of "LIBERATION in Jesus Christ" will be determined by the board of directors of the organization, which operates from offices at Truro Episcopal Church, Fairfax, Va.
A series of five 60-second radio spots, sponsored by the Episcopal Church and seven other churches, is being released to Spanish language stations in the U. S. on August 15. The spots -- called DAR LA MANO (Give a Hand) -- deal with the family, the elderly, the world of work, ministry of the people, and children and youth. Sponsors in addition to the Episcopal Church are the American Baptist Churches U.S.A., Christian Church/Disciples, Lutheran Church in America, Presbyterian Church U.S., Reformed Church in America, United Methodist Church, and United Presbyterian Church U.S.A. Persons desiring information about local placement of the spots may contact Sonia Francis, Episcopal Church Center, 815 Second Avenue, New York, N. Y. 10017
The Vice President of Liberia, James Greene, died in July at the age of 62 after a long illness. A lifelong Episcopalian and a leader in the Episcopal Church-related Cuttington College development campaign, Mr. Greene was elected Vice President of the West African republic in 1972, succeeding William Tolbert, who assumed the presidency on the death of William Tubman the previous year. A memorial service was held on July 27 at the United Nations Church Center in New York City. Participants included the Rev. Wade Egbert of the Episcopal Church Center staff in New York, former dean and chaplain at Cuttington College, and the Hon. Arthur B. Cassell, Sr., an Episcopal layman and Consul General and Charge d'Affaires of the Permanent Mission of Liberia to the U. N.