In 2006, [Henry] Parsley was nominated for presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, coming in second in the General Convention balloting to the Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori, who was elected. He retired as bishop in 2012.
“The last 10 years have not been the easiest for the Anglican Communion or the Episcopal Church in America,” he said, with bitter debates over human sexuality and other issues. Nevertheless, he added, “I think we’ve turned a corner. We’re learning to live more comfortably with differences. The hallmark of Anglicanism is the way of comprehensiveness, to bring in as many people as possible.”
He hailed the installation of Justin Welby as the new archbishop of Canterbury, the spiritual leader of the world’s Anglicans, calling him “a reconciler.”
“For me,” he said, “the heart of the Gospel is reconciliation.”
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