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Episcopal Church names new ecumenical director

(RNS) The Episcopal Church has promoted a Wisconsin priest to be its new ecumenical and inter-religious officer. The Rev. Thomas Ferguson of Madison, Wis., will work for Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, who is considered the chief ecumenical officer of the 2.1-million-member church. Ferguson, who was ordained last year, had been the interim head of […]

July 2, 2010
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(RNS) The Episcopal Church has promoted a Wisconsin priest to be its new ecumenical and inter-religious officer.

The Rev. Thomas Ferguson of Madison, Wis., will work for Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, who is considered the chief ecumenical officer of the 2.1-million-member church.

Ferguson, who was ordained last year, had been the interim head of the office, and a deputy for ecumenical and inter-religious relations in the Episcopal Church since 2001. Bishop Christopher Epting headed the office from 2001-2009.


“Given many of the changes we are facing in society, our ecumenical and interreligious engagement is of critical importance to the life of the church,” Ferguson said in a statement.

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