<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>What lovely news! &nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><br>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On Sep 19, 2011, at 8:03 AM, CanonCECE &lt;<a href="mailto:canoncece@gmail.com">canoncece@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>














<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">&nbsp;</span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-font-kerning:
0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">September 15, 2011</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-font-kerning:
0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">&nbsp;- The Rt Rev
Pierre W. Whalon, bishop in charge of the Convocation of Episcopal Churches in
Europe, announced today the appointment of the Rt Rev Peter James Lee as
interim dean of the American Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Paris. Bishop Lee,
will arrive in early 2012, replacing the current dean, the Very Rev Zachary
Fleetwood. Fleetwood is stepping down in October after eight years of service.
He has&nbsp;accepted a call to become rector at the Church of St.
Columba’s-by-the-Castle, an urban parish in Edinburgh.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-font-kerning:
0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">&nbsp;</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-font-kerning:
0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Bishop Whalon said of
the appointment of the interim dean, “Bishop Lee brings a lifetime of
experience to the position, assuming leadership at a critical period in the
life of the Cathedral community.” In October, the Cathedral will break ground
on the largest capital improvement project since the church was constructed in
1886. The two-year long project includes plans to modernize the Cathedral’s
physical plant, to create new space to accommodate the parish’s growing
ministry and mission needs, and to provide expanded office space for the
Cathedral staff and the offices of the Convocation.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-font-kerning:
0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">&nbsp;</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-font-kerning:
0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Bishop Lee first
“retired” in 2009 after serving for 25 years as the 12</span><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-font-kerning:
0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">th</span></sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-font-kerning:
0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">&nbsp;bishop of the
Diocese of Virginia, sometimes called “The Diocese” due to its status as one of
the oldest and largest dioceses in the Episcopal Church. The diocese stretches
from the limits of Washington, D.C. to include in its jurisdiction 80,000
members worshipping in 181 churches throughout northern and central Virginia.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-font-kerning:
0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">&nbsp;</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-font-kerning:
0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Bishop Lee is a
prominent figure in the Episcopal Church, respected for his leadership and
contributions to the work of the church in the United States and to the global
mission of the Anglican Communion. A hallmark of his ministry is his capacity
for fostering constructive dialogue among those holding diverse theological and
institutional perspectives. In recent years, his diocese’s special-edition
General Convention newsletter --&nbsp;<i>The Center Aisle</i>&nbsp;– was widely
embraced by delegates and visitors to the church’s triennial General
Conventions. The newsletter earned a receptive readership for its embodiment of
the spirit of “the Anglican via media,” and for its invitation to engage the
Episcopalians in a deeper conversation about some of the modern day challenges
facing the church.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-font-kerning:
0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">&nbsp;</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-font-kerning:
0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">For more than a quarter
century, Bishop Lee has maintained a commitment to the well-being and work of
the church. A few highlights of his service include: board chair of board of
the Church Pension Fund, trustee of Berkley Divinity School at Yale, 17 years
as chair of the board of trustees of the Virginia Theological Seminary, and
board member for the National Alliance to End Homelessness. His particular
attention to the needs of the global church developed more strongly while
serving on the Advisory Committee to the Anglican Observer at the United
Nations, and as member of the of the Presiding Bishop’s Fund for World Relief
(forerunner to Episcopal Relief and Development). In 1998, Bishop Lee worked
behind the scenes to help shape the seminal Lambeth Conference report calling
for the cancellation of the crippling debts owed by the world’s poorest
countries. In 2000, the G-8 adopted such a framework; nearly $100 billion of
“un-payable” debts owed to creditor countries and multilateral institutions
have been cancelled under the program.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-font-kerning:
0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">&nbsp;</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-font-kerning:
0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Since his “retirement,”
Bishop Lee has served an Interim Dean of Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, and
one year ago, he was named Interim Dean of General Theological Seminary in New
York.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-font-kerning:
0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">&nbsp;</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-font-kerning:
0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Bishop Lee was born in
Mississippi and raised in Florida. After a stint in law school, as a newspaper
reporter, and as a wartime military intelligence officer, Bishop Lee began his
ministry at an urban Cathedral in Jacksonville, Florida. In the Convocation, he
previously worked for a short time at the former Episcopal Church in Nice,
Church of the Holy Spirit.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-font-kerning:
0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">&nbsp;</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Bishop
Lee graduated magna cum laude from Washington and Lee University, and studied
law at Duke University. He earned a M.Div. from the Virginia Theological
Seminary in 1967. He is married to Kristina Lee. They have two children and
five grandchildren.</span></p>

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</div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div>&lt;PeterLee final PR.pdf&gt;</div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div>&lt;PeterLee PR final word TXT.doc&gt;</div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Europe mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:Europe@justus.anglican.org">Europe@justus.anglican.org</a></span><br><span><a href="http://justus.anglican.org/mailman/listinfo/europe.justus">http://justus.anglican.org/mailman/listinfo/europe.justus</a></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>