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Resignation of The Rt Revd Keith Newton
For more information please read the Press Statement and Pastoral Letter which may be found on this website.
On Monday the 8th November the following statement was made by the Archbishop of Canterbury announcing his acceptance of the resignation:
"I have today with regret accepted the resignations of Bishops Andrew Burnham and Keith Newton who have decided that their future in Christian ministry lies in the new structures proposed by the Vatican. We wish them well in this next stage of their service to the Church and I am grateful to them for their faithful and devoted pastoral labours in the Church of England over many years."
The Archbishop will now set in train the process for filling the vacant sees. In the interim, arrangements have been made for pastoral care to be provided by Bishops John Ford, Mark Sowerby and Lindsay Urwin for those who formerly looked to Bishops Burnham and Newton for their episcopal support and have decided to continue ministry in the Church of England.
(original statement: http://www.archbishopofcanterbury.org/3029)
A statement concerning the interim arrangements was made by the Bishop of Chichester, The Rt Revd John Ford, which is available at http://www.diochi.org.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=news.story&newsid=150