Patrick Campbell Rodger (1920-2002) was an Anglican Ecumenist. He was Bishop of Manchester (1970-1978) and Oxford (1978-1988). 1920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... The term Anglican describes those people and churches following the religious traditions of the Church of England, especially following the Reformation. ... Bishop (disambiguation). ... This article is about the city in England. ... Events January January 1 - The Copyright Act of 1976 takes effect, making sweeping changes to United States copyright law. ... This article is about the city of Oxford in England. ... Events January January 1 - The Copyright Act of 1976 takes effect, making sweeping changes to United States copyright law. ...

He came from the Scottish Episcopal Church, having served ministries in Edinburgh (including a time as Provost of St Mary's Cathedral). He came from a prosperous middle class family in Helensburgh. Towards the end of the Second World War he served in the Royal Corps of Signals. After a brilliant undergraduate career at Christ Church Oxford (BA 1947) he studied for ordination at Westcott House Cambridge. After his first curacy in Edinburgh, he worked for the Student Christian Movement (SCM). From 1961-6 he was a member of staff of the World Council of Churches (Executive Secretary for Faith and Order). He returned from Geneva after being nominated (but not elected) as general Secretary of the WCC, In the event the post went to the Revd Eugene Carson Blake. During his service as an Anglican Bishop he was also chair of the Churches' Unity Commission and president of the Conference of European Churches. As Bishop of Oxford he presided over the beginning of an Area scheme which delegated functions from the diocesan to his suffragan or "Area" bishops, in order to decentralise the work of the diocese. In retirement he served as an assistant bishop in the Diocese of Edinburgh. In 1989 he published Songs in a Strange Land, a devotional book on praying with teh Psalms. The Scottish Episcopal Church is a member of the Anglican Communion, formed in the 17th century after the national Church of Scotland adopted presbyterian government and reformed theology. ... Edinburgh viewed from Arthurs Seat. ... This article is about the ecclesiastical title of provost. ... Gabriel delivering the Annunciation to Mary. ... A cathedral is a Christian church building, specifically of a denomination with an episcopal hierarchy (such as the Roman Catholic Church or the Anglican churches), which serves as the central church of a bishopric. ... Helensburgh is a Scottish town historically part of Dunbartonshire, but since local government reorganisation in 1995 in Argyll and Bute, on the north shore of the Firth of Clyde. ... A signal may refer to: an abstract element of information, or, more exactly, usually a flow of information (in either one or several dimensions). ... BA or Ba may stand for: ba an archaic two-letter English word meaning to kiss. in Egyptian mythology: One part of the Egyptian soul (which was imagined as a bird body with a human head). ... Edinburgh viewed from Arthurs Seat. ... The Student Christian Movement (SCM) has fostered liberal and progressive religious and social views amongst university students since 1889. ... This article is about configuration management. ... 1961 (As MAD Magazine pointed out on its first cover for the year) was the first upside-down year - i. ... For other uses, see number 6. ... This article is about the Christian buildings of worship. ... This article discusses faith in a religious context. ... Order is the opposite of anarchy and chaos. ... Coat of arms of the Canton of Geneva Coat of arms of the City of Geneva Geneva (French: Genève, German: Genf, Italian: Ginevra, Romansh Genevra, Spanish: Ginebra) is the second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zurich), located where Lake Geneva (French: Lac de Genève or Lac L... A secretary is a person who performs routine, administrative, or personal tasks for a superior. ... The Western Canada Concept was a Western Canadian political party founded in 1980 to promote the separation of the provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia and the Yukon and Northwest Territories from Canada in order to create a new nation. ... This article is about the Christian buildings of worship. ... The term conference can be used to describe any meeting of people that confer about a certain topic. ... Bishop (disambiguation). ... This article is about the city of Oxford in England. ... This article explains the meaning of area as a physical quantity. ... This article explains the meaning of area as a physical quantity. ... In some Christian churches, the diocese is an administrative territorial unit governed by a bishop, sometimes also referred to as a bishopric or episcopal see, though more often the term episcopal see means the office held by the bishop. ... Edinburgh viewed from Arthurs Seat. ... This page is about musical songs. ... Psalms (Tehilim תהילים, in Hebrew) is a book of the Hebrew Bible or Tanakh, and of the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. ...

His theological position can best be described as Liberal Orthodox — liberal in its openness, but orthodox in its sense of the resourcefulness of tradition and in its devotional depth. He was an early advocate of the ordination of women as Deacons and Priests. The diaconate is one of three ordained offices in the Roman Catholic, Anglican, Eastern Orthodox, and Oriental Orthodox churches. ... Roman Catholic priest A priest or priestess is a holy man or woman who takes an officiating role in worship of any religion, with the distinguishing characteristic of offering sacrifices. ...

In his personal habits he was unassuming, with an acute critical sense usually expressed humbly if precisely. He was a loving family man, whose faith sustained him through the tragically young death of his son Andrew, and his wife, Margaret. Andrew - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... Margaret Thatcher, PM of the United Kingdom, 1979-1990 Margaret may refer to: People Margaret I of Denmark Margaret II of Flanders Margaret II, Countess of Hainaut Margaret Cole Margaret de Bruce, 3rd Countess of Carrick Marguerite de Valois Margaret Douglas Margaret of Anjou Margaret of Austria (1522-1583) Margaret...