American Anglican Council Praises Kenya's New US-Based Bishop

The American Anglican Council has applauded the "sound decision" by Archbishop Benjamin Nzimbi of the Anglican Province of Kenya to appoint a suffragan bishop to oversee the province's US-based congregations.

The announcement that the Rev Bill Murdoch will be consecrated on 30 August "serves as one more important step toward the long-anticipated realignment of North American Anglicanism", the AAC said.

Rev Murdoch will join Rev Canon Dr Bill Atwood as a Suffragan Bishop of All Saints Cathedral Diocese, Nairobi, and serve international interests of the Anglican Church of Kenya including taking responsibility for care for the congregations and clergy in the USA under Kenyan jurisdiction.