Bill Atwood (bishop) explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific Prefix:The Right Reverend
Bill Atwood
Bishop of the International Diocese
Church:Anglican Church in North America
Diocese:International Diocese
Term:2009–2024
Predecessor:See created
Successor:See dissolved
Consecration:2007
Consecrated By:Benjamin Nzimbi
Other Post:Dean of International Affairs, ACNA
Suffragan Bishop in the Diocese of All Saints' in the Anglican Church of Kenya

Bill Atwood is an American bishop of the International Diocese in the Anglican Church in North America, and was a suffragan bishop[1] in the Diocese of All Saints' in the Anglican Church of Kenya.[2]

Atwood, who lives in Frisco, Texas, has been General Secretary of the Ekklesia society,[3] an orthodox Anglican networking and development agency, since 1995, having left the U.S. Episcopal Church in 2006.

Atwood announced his intention to retire in June 2024, in advance of which date congregations in the transitional International Diocese may discern their future homes in other ACNA dioceses.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: BBC NEWS | World | Africa | US Anglicans join Kenyan Church . news.bbc.co.uk . February 18, 2020.
  2. Web site: From the Bishop - Archives - International Diocese . www.idio.net . March 15, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110829062637/http://www.idio.net/content/bishop . August 29, 2011 . dead.
  3. Web site: Ekklesia Society - Our Story . ekk.org . February 18, 2020.
  4. Web site: Gristy . Wes . OUR DIOCESAN FUTURE . All Saints Anglican Church . 22 May 2023 . April 28, 2023.