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February 15, 1936 – October 31, 2021 [The Episcopal News] The Rev. Gregorio (Greg) Bayaca, longtime vicar of St. John’s Episcopal Church/Philippine Independent Church of the Holy Child in Wilmington (Los Angeles), died Oct. 31. He was 85 and died from complications of leukemia, diagnosed in March, and a stroke he suffered on Oct. 19. […]
[The Episcopal News] The Rt. Rev. Diane M. Jardine Bruce, bishop suffragan of the Diocese of Los Angeles since 2010, will begin a new ministry Dec. 1 as bishop provisional of the Diocese of West Missouri by action of its convention, meeting today in Kansas City, Mo. Today’s vote adopts a resolution ratifying Bruce’s unanimous […]
An Episcopal Church delegation representing Presiding Bishop Michael Curry is virtually attending the 26th Conference of Parties of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (known as “COP26”). The Rev. Canon Melissa McCarthy, canon to the ordinary in the Diocese of Los Angeles, is among the delegates. The 24-member delegation of bishops, priests, deacons […]
[The Episcopal News] Gratitude abounds for ways in which the impact of COVID-19 was eased by the diocesan One Body & One Spirit Emergency Appeal, which raised $295,221.91 to fund 37 grants to hard-hit congregations and other ministries. Thanksgiving extends to donors who made a total of 630 gifts to date and to the Corporation […]
The Episcopal Community Federal Credit Union is coming to a mobile phone near you in 2022, as part of a 5-year strategic plan to expand services, board chair Dan Valdez announced at an Oct. 28 virtual annual meeting. “This means being able to take a picture of your check and have it deposit directly into […]
March 13, 1938 – Oct. 26, 2021 The Rev. Canon Peter C. Ensor – rector of St. James’, South Pasadena from 1989 to 1999 and vicar of St. Margaret’s, San Juan Capistrano, from 1985 to 1989 – died Oct. 26 while in hospice care in Riverton, Wyoming. He was 83 and had resided in Dubois, […]
October 12, 1930 – May 27, 2021 A memorial service for Canon Marilyn “Cov” Davis is set for Saturday, Dec. 4, 2021 at 2 p.m. at the Episcopal Church of the Messiah, 614 N. Bush St., Santa Ana, CA 92701, her longtime parish. Davis died May 27, 2021 in Tustin and had marked her 90th […]
[The Episcopal News] Diocesan Council on Oct. 21 unanimously recommended presenting a $4.25 million proposed Mission Share Fund (MSF) budget for 2022 to delegates at the upcoming 126th annual meeting Nov. 13 of the Diocese of Los Angeles, planned both virtually and in-person at the Riverside Convention Center. The MSF portion of the total $9.8 […]
[The Episcopal News] Canon Barbara Sampson Borsch – whose skills in advancing lay ministry, preparing clergy for ordination, educating youth at risk, and countering oppression of Palestinians were hallmarks of her work in the Episcopal Church and beyond – died peacefully in her sleep on Oct. 14. She was 84 and had been hospitalized with […]
February 23, 1938 — September 2, 2021 Lamar Mott Hill, professor of history at UC Irvine from 1968 to 2007 and active parishioner in four Southland congregations, died Sept. 2 in Corona del Mar at age 83. At his side was his wife, the Rev. Ellen R. Hill, an active assisting priest of the Diocese […]
[The Episcopal News] St. Paul’s Commons Building Superintendent Canon Luis Garibay is on his way to pick up a vintage chapel altar table, once used by the late Rev. Canon Morris Vaughn Samuel Jr, canon pastor at the former cathedral before it was demolished in 1980. Recovering historical artifacts from across the diocese is just […]
[The Episcopal News] As churches reimagine post-pandemic ministry, two Southland congregations hope a budding relationship will blossom into a full-fledged cross-cultural exchange. For the Rev. Juan Jimenez, vicar of St. Michael’s Church in Anaheim, a bond forged with St. James’ Church in Newport Beach at the height of COVID-19 centered around “a goal to create […]
