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Canadian Primate announces retirement
Episcopal News Service
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2003-104-2
Posted: Tuesday, May 13, 2003
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Archbishop Michael Peers, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada since 1986, has announced that he will resign on February 1, 2004. A letter announcing his intention was read to the church's governing council meeting in Calgary on May 11. The mandatory age of retirement for Anglican bishops in Canada is 70. Peers was born in 1934.
His resignation will clear the way for the election of a new primate by General Synod at its next meeting in St. Catharine's, Ontario, in June 2004.
Peers' letter was read to the Council of General Synod by Archbishop David Crawley, metropolitan of the ecclesiastical province of British Columbia. Crawley is the church's senior archbishop and will serve as acting primate between Peers' resignation and the election of a successor.
Peers was born in Vancouver, ordained priest in the Diocese of Ottawa in 1960 and elected bishop of the Diocese of Qu'Appelle in 1977. Between 1982 and his election as primate in 1986, Peers was metropolitan or archbishop of the ecclesiastical province of Rupert's Land.
He is fluent in several languages and, before turning to the study of theology, obtained a German-English interpreter's certificate from the University of Heidelberg. He has received many honorary degrees, including a doctorate of theology from the Vancouver School of Theology. Peers and his wife, Dorothy, have three grown children and two grandchildren.
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