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Wide variety of new leaders to be ordained

Wide variety of new leaders to be ordained

An extraordinary variety of people were recently ordained into leadership roles in the Anglican Church in Tasmania.

10 December 2004

Cathedral's new look service settles in

Cathedral's new look service settles in

The controversial decision to replace St Andrew's traditional Evensong service with one geared towards graduates is gradually paying dividends.

10 December 2004

Sydney launches new website

Sydney launches new website

Sydney Diocese of the Anglican Church of Australia now has a new web site. 

16 November 2004

Bishops call for Zaoui trial or release

Bishops call for Zaoui trial or release

21 Anglican and Catholic bishops have called for the trial or release of NZ government prisoner Ahmed Zaoui.The bishops' statement which follows, urges the government to offer Mr Zaoui more humane treatment and requests alternatives be sought to his continuing incarceration in a state prison.

05 November 2004

Election of the Bishop of Hanuato'o

Election of the Bishop of Hanuato'o

The Council of Bishops has announced the dates for the election and consecration of the new Bishop of Hanuato'o Diocese.

02 November 2004

Bishops renew opposition to foreshore bill

Bishops renew opposition to foreshore bill

Aotearoa New Zealand's Catholic and Anglican bishops renewed their stand against the government's proposed seabed and foreshore legislation at a joint meeting this week.

02 November 2004

Sydney adopts child protection measures

Sydney adopts child protection measures

The Anglican Diocese of Sydney has taken the lead in the Anglican Church of Australia by becoming the first diocese to adopt stringent new measures to protect children from sex abuse.

02 November 2004

New Capital Project takes off

New Capital Project takes off

The Most Revd Peter Jensen, the Archbishop of Sydney, is leading a major funding project aimed to supply finance for Christian work.It is known as the 'New Capital Project' and involves discovering whether parts of the Diocese's asset base, which is estimated at $3 to $4 billion, can be used to raise the money needed for ministry.

14 September 2004

New Archbishop of Perth elected

New Archbishop of Perth elected

Anglican Bishop of Newcastle, the Right Reverend Roger Herft, has been elected Archbishop of Perth and will move to the West in June 2005.

14 September 2004

New Zealand statement on the humanitarian tragedy in Sudan

New Zealand statement on the humanitarian tragedy in Sudan

We, Church Leaders in New Zealand, are gravely concerned at the terrible tragedy developing in Darfur, Western Sudan; a disaster that the United Nations has described as the worst humanitarian crisis in the world. Over 1.2 million people have been forced to flee their homes and are now internally displaced or refugees in neighbouring Chad.

05 August 2004