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African Diocese Received, New Bishops Appointed for Australia & New Zealand at Provincial Synod
At the 17th Provincial Synod, the Rt. Rev. Wilson Garang and his Diocese of Aweil in Sudan were received into the the Anglican Catholic Church. Archbishop Haverland appointed the Rt. Rev. Brian Iverach as his Metropolitical Episcopal Assistant for Australia and East Africa, and the Rt. Rev. Denis Hodge of New Zealand was received as a member of the College of Bishops.
In his charge to the Synod, Archbishop Haverland said, "We should remember that our mission is universal and that our perspective should be global. We build our parishes by building the whole Church, even as we build the whole Church by nurturing healthy parishes. Successful parishes have a heart for missions. Churches with missions tend to have successful parishes."
Bishop Garang and Parishioner
ACC and United Episcopal Church Sign Intercommunion Agreement
On May 17, 2007, Archbishop Mark Haverland of the ACC and Archbishop Stephen Reber of the United Episcopal Church signed an intercommunion agreement at Saint Stephen's Pro-Cathedral in Athens, Georgia.
Archbishops Haverland and Reber
Recent Statements and Letters Concerning Church Unity
On August 27, 2007, the Most Rev. Mark Haverland, Archbishop and Metropolitan of the Anglican Catholic Church (ACC), wrote a letter to the Most Rev. John Hepworth, Primate of the Traditional Anglican Communion (TAC), regarding ecumenical talks between the ACC and the TAC.
On July 3, 2007, Archbishop Haverland issued a statement concerning unity among Continuing Anglicans. Subsequently, Archbishop Stephen Reber of the United Episcopal Church and Archbishop James E. Provence of the Anglican Province of Christ the King endorsed Archbishop Haverland's statement.