Posted Wednesday 04 March 2009
The Most Rev Dr Idris Jones, Bishop of Glasgow & Galloway and Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church has announced that he will retire from Office at the end of July 2009. In addressing his Diocesan Synod he said “Stepping down as Diocesan Bishop will not mean that it will not be possible to continue in ministry and service of the Church in some other way and I look forward to new possibilities in the years ahead. I have every intention of functioning fully as Bishop up to the date of my retirement; and the life and work of the diocese will go on, and planning for the future will continue in those areas where the diocese needs to determine policy.”
Details of the election of a new Primus will be announced at a later date.
The Rt Rev Martin Shaw, Bishop of Argyll & The Isles has recently announced that he will retire from Office in September 2009, and says “To have the opportunity of serving in this part of Scotland has brought me experience of incomparable beauty and wonder. To have touched the soil and waters on which the Celtic Saints and their successors have travelled and lived in Christ’s mission, has been a gift that I will always treasure.”
Category: Dioceses, Argyll & the Isles, Glasgow & Galloway
