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Denver, Jan. 28—Schism finally came to the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America today at 11:57 a.m. Mountain Standard Time. At that moment the Reverend Dale Doran was consecrated a bishop of the Church of God in the Anglican tradition.

Doran was elected bishop by the Anglican Diocese of the Midwest, which contains a number of parishes that have broken away from the Protestant Episcopal Church (PECUSA), but that call themselves “Loyalists” (the term was bestowed on them by the Anglican bishops of Canada) because, they say, it is PECUSA that has broken away from traditional Anglican doctrine and worship. The Loyalists have formed the Anglican Church of North America (ACNA) with, they report, about a hundred parishes and ten thousand members in the U.S. and Canada. Schism has come—but the debate rages over who are the schismatics.

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Denver, Jan. 28—Schism finally came to the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America today at 11:57 a.m. Mountain Standard Time. At that moment the Reverend Dale Doran was consecrated a bishop of the Church of God in the Anglican tradition.

Doran was elected bishop by the Anglican Diocese of the Midwest, which contains a number of parishes that have broken away from the Protestant Episcopal Church (PECUSA), but that call themselves “Loyalists” (the term was bestowed on them by the Anglican bishops of Canada) because, they say, it is PECUSA that has broken away from traditional Anglican doctrine and worship. The Loyalists have formed the Anglican Church of North America (ACNA) with, they report, about a hundred parishes and ten thousand members in the U.S. and Canada. Schism has come—but the debate rages over who are the schismatics.