First Day, Thursday June 15, 1989
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- Date
- 1989 June 15-23
- Source
- General Synod. Minutes
- Type
- Act 1
- Text of motion
- The Thirty-Second Session of the General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada convened in the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, St. John's, Newfoundland, at 10:00 a.m. Before the service began, the Synod was informed that, because of illness, the Primate, the Most Reverend Michael G. Peers, would be absent from the beginning of the Synod. Accordingly, the Archbishop, senior by appointment, the Most Reverend Douglas W. Hambidge, Archbishop of New Westminster and Metropolitan of British Columbia, acted as President of the Synod. He reported that there was a quorum present (bishops, clergy and laity) and that the General Synod could proceed. He then declared the Thirty-Second Session of the General Synod to be constituted.
- The Holy Eucharist was concelebrated by the Most Reverend Douglas Hambidge, Archbishop of New Westminster and Metropolitan of British Columbia, the Most Reverend Walter Jones, Archbishop and Metropolitan of Rupert's Land, the Most Reverend John Bothwell, Archbishop of Niagara and Metropolitan of Ontario, and the Most Reverend Reginald Hollis, Archbishop of Montreal and Metropolitan of Canada. Dr. Douglas Fox, Dean of Queen's College, St. John's, Newfoundland, delivered the homily.
- Subjects
- Anglican Church of Canada. General Synod (32nd : 1989 : St. John's, Nfld.) - Worship
- Anglican Church of Canada. General Synod (32nd : 1989 : St. John's, Nfld.) - Quorum
- Peers, Michael G. (Michael Geoffrey), 1934-2023
- Hambidge, Douglas (Douglas Walter), 1927-
- Anglican Church of Canada. General Synod (32nd : 1989 : St. John's, Nfld.) - Rules and practice