News brief: Bishop Pitman to retire

Notes: "Cyrus Pitman, bishop of the diocese of Eastern Newfoundland and Labrador, has announced his retirement. In a letter to members of his diocese, Pitman said that he has informed Archbishop Claude Miller, metropolitan of Canada, that the diocesan synod scheduled for this November 15 to 16 [2013] will elect a new diocesan bishop. On June 12, 2004, Pitman was elected co-adjutor bishop, and became the diocesan bishop later that year. At the height of the controversy over same-sex blessings, the quiet and soft-spoken Pitman surprised many when he asked clergy in his diocese to declare their loyalty to the Anglican Church of Canada as they renewed their ordination vows. Ordained a priest in 1968, Pitman spent his entire career in Newfoundland". [Text of entire article.]

Subjects: Pitman, Cyrus (Cyrus Clement James), 1944-; Anglican Church of Canada. Diocese of Eastern Newfoundland and Labrador - Bishops; Same sex unions - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada