When I checked Bishop Vaughan's calendar on the ACA Diocese of the Eastern United States website yesterday, it showed him attending the November 16 rededication at St Mary's as well. However, when I checked this site again this morning, it appears to be having intermittent problems. Meanwhile, the ACA main web page is also still down, having been down since late last week. (Guy Fawkes, I assure you, did not do this, and neither did I.) UPDATE: as of about 9:00 AM Pacific time, it appears to be back up, with no apparent change.
Curious, I e-mailed a knowledgeable party, who replied that he was sure Presiding Bishop Marsh would be attending the rededication, but he couldn't speak for anyone else. So there we are, it sounds as though one or more bishops will be attending, but exactly which of those is a bishop of the diocese is still an open question, and it's becoming more open as we speak. I've actually sent about half a dozen e-mails to various parties in authority at the ACA, from Bishop Vaughan himself, to Canon Rivers, who is nominally in charge at St Mary's, to Bishop Vaughn's vicar general at DEUS, to Suffragan Bishop Williams, among others. Here's what I sent Bishop Williams,
I was checking the calendar of Bishop John Vaughan of the DEUS, and it indicated that he had made an episcopal visit to St Mary of the Angels Hollywood on October 27. However, the Diocese of the West web site says that Bishop Williams is now the episcopal visitor for the Diocese of the West. Did Bishop Vaughan in fact make an episcopal visit to St Mary of the Angels, and can you provide any clarification regarding Bishop Vaughan’s current status?However, neither Bishop Williams nor anyone else has replied. I have some reason to think Bishop Vaughan's status may have changed in very recent days. Nobody, though, has answered my e-mails, and the ACA web site is still down.Many thanks.
