The number of primates and bishops in the Anglican Communion publicly supporting Bishop Robert Duncan of Pittsburgh is growing since the House of Bishops voted to depose him from the ordained ministry of The Episcopal Church on Sept. 17.<\/p>\n
Six diocesan bishops from the Church of England -\u201d\u2018 Blackburn, Chester, Chichester, Exeter, Rochester and Winchester -\u201d\u2018 said they continue to regard him as a bishop in good standing of the Anglican Communion.<\/p>\n
The Bishop of Winchester, the Rt. Rev. Michael Schott-Joynt, has previously called for an \u201corderly separation\u201d\u009d of liberal and conservative Anglicans following the Lambeth Conference last August.<\/p>\n
The statement by the English bishops was preceded by statements of support for Bishop Duncan from the primates of Jerusalem and the Middle East, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Southeast Asia, the Southern Cone, Uganda and the West Indies.<\/p>\n