Roman Catholic Bishop to be installed as Anglican Canon

HISTORY will be made at Chelmsford Cathedral on Sunday when a Roman Catholic bishop is installed as a canon in the Anglican holy centre.

The Bishop of Brentwood, the Rt Rev Thomas McMahon, will become the first Roman Catholic to be accepted into such a role.

The move is part of the Church of England's push for 'unity' with other Christian churches.
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Rt Rev McMahon will be one of three church leaders to be honoured by the Bishop of Chelmsford.

The two others to be installed are the Rev Elizabeth Caswell, Moderator of the United Reformed Church - her territory covers Essex and Suffolk and she is based at Whittlesford, Cambridge - and the Rev Ermal B.Kirby of Ilford, the Chairman of the Methodist District, which includes Essex and parts of north east London and East Anglia.

I'm not certain what this means - "to be installed as a canon" - but something does not seem quite right about it. Bishop McMahon's bio lists him as a previous member of ICEL, Vice-President of Pax Christi since 1987 and a founder member of the Movement for Christian Democracy.

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