The More Things Change,

the more they stay the same. A visitor, noting the near-constant maneuvering by Louis Falk, "Archbishop" successively of the ACC, TAC, and ACA in the 1980s and 90s, points out a recent example of similar hyperactive politics, the consecration as bishop of The Rt Rev Robert Todd Giffin, of the Diocese of Mid-America, Anglican Province of America (APA), on Saturday 6th October 2012. Of note is the presence of "Presiding Bishop" Brian Marsh of the ACA as a co-consecrator, along with Walter Grundorf of the APA. Regular visitors here know that Marsh and Grundorf have been kissy-kissy of late, going on an ecumenical cruise to the Greek islands together with their wives last May.

Giffin, I'm told, is a fascinating case, as "continuing" bishops tend to be. A Nashotah House alumnus, as far as my informants are aware, while at Nashotah House he was a seminarian under the Episcopal Diocese of Quincy. However, after graduating Nashotah House he is said to have done some work with the Charismatic Episcopal Church and later served at two ACC parishes (one in Wisconsin and one Indianapolis, IN). He then moved to southern Indiana and entered The Episcopal Church through the Diocese of Springfield, IL and started a parish in Evansville, IN, which has gone through the following mutations:

1. 2004- Faith Anglican Ministries founded (1979 Rite 2 parish under the oversight of Diocese of Springfield- TEC)
2. 2005- Changed name to All Saints Anglican Church (ASB parish under the Diocese of Bolivia)
3. 2007- Changed name to The Shepherds Church (Various liturgies under first the diocese of Bolivia and then CANA)
4. 2008- Changed name to St. Andrew's Anglican Church (Straight 1928 BCP Under 1st CANA and then the ACA)
5. 2009- Changed name to Western Rite Orthodox Mission of Evansville (under the Antiochian Church)
6. Part of 2009- A bit sketchy during some of that year. Every few days a different jurisdiction was listed on the website (one was the APCK). However, my informants do not know what happened and if there was any official connection with any of these jurisdictions.
7. 2009 or 2010 All Saints Anglican Church (1928 BCP and Anglican Missal parish under the APA Diocese of Mid America). This has remained the same since 2010.

And of course, from the "ecumenical" record of the ACC, the AEC, the TAC, the ACA, and the APA, as well as the record of this Evansville parish, they're going to live happily ever after in the APA, don't you think?