Next an Archbishop?
A long step forward toward giving U.S. Episcopalians something they have never hadan archbishopwas taken last Wednesday when their Presiding Bishop was ceremonially seated on a special throne in Washington Cathedral.
The present Presiding Bishop is 67-year-old Henry St. George Tucker, whose own see is Virginia (unlike the other provinces of the worldwide Anglican Communion, the U.S. Episcopal Church has no diocese which goes automatically to its top-ranking prelate, like Canterbury in England, Toronto in Canada or Auckland in New Zealand). When Bishop Tucker's term as head of the church expires in 1943, he will not be eligible for re-election...
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