The bishop who led a group of Pittsburgh parishes that split from the Episcopal Church will serve as interim head of the Anglican Church in North America, a new church being formed by conservative congregations.
Bishop Robert Duncan will lead the new church until an archbishop is appointed next summer, said Peter Frank, spokesman for the Pittsburgh churches that voted in October to leave the national church.
“(It’s) an important, concrete step toward the goal of a biblical, missionary and united Anglican Church in North America,” Duncan said.