Orthodox Anglicans ordain five priests in Ohio (CANA)

Bishops celebrate 'a sign of new life'
Pastors hope someday to start new churches
By Colette M. Jenkins Beacon Journal religion writer
Friday, May 02, 2008

A local leader of Orthodox Anglicans who have broken away from the Episcopal Church USA is calling Thursday's ordination of five priests ''a sign of new life'' in the American church of the Anglican Communion.

''It's another step in increasing the reality of another Anglican jurisdiction. These men are the fruit of the realignment of the Anglican Communion in America,'' said Bishop Roger Ames.

Ames is also rector at St. Luke's Anglican Church, 565 S. Cleveland-Massillon Road, Fairlawn, where the ordination took place.

Ames and Bishop Frank Lyons of Bolivia presided over the ordination of five former deacons who are expected to plant new churches for the Convocation of Anglicans in North America.
The organization is made up of theologically conservative parishes that have broken away from the Episcopal Church. CANA was formed in 2005 by the Anglican Church in Nigeria, the largest province in the global communion. the rest