D. Bruce MacPherson

David Bruce MacPherson (July 24, 1940 – December 21, 2017) was the third bishop of the Diocese of Western Louisiana in The Episcopal Church.[1][2][3]

Bruce MacPherson
Bishop of Western Louisiana
ChurchThe Episcopal Church
DioceseDiocese of Western Louisiana
Orders
ConsecrationOctober 9, 1999
Personal details
Born(1940-07-24)July 24, 1940
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
DiedDecember 21, 2017(2017-12-21) (aged 77)
Edmond, Oklahoma, U.S.

He was a member of Communion Partners,[4][5] an organization of Episcopal Church bishops, dioceses, clergy, parishes and lay people which seeks to "maintain and strengthen" ties to the Anglican communion and "fidelity to the canons, integreities and realities of the Episcopal Church."[6] In 2015 at the 78th General Convention, Bishop MacPherson was among those who opposed changing the canons and liturgies of the Episcopal Church to allow any two people to marry. This canon replaced the traditional understanding of marriage: a covenant between a man and a woman.[7] That marriage is reserved for a man and a woman is the understanding of the 1979 Book of Common Prayer.[8]

References
  1. "Bruce and Susan MacPherson - Cenla Focus". www.cenlafocus.com. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  2. "D. Bruce MacPherson, 1940-2017". livingchurch.org. 22 December 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  3. http://obits.dignitymemorial.com/dignity-memorial/obituary.aspx?n=The+Right+Reverend+D.-MacPherson&lc=2327&pid=187611131&mid=7690613
  4. "Communion Partners - An Episcopal Community of Partners in Anglican Mission". www.communionpartners.org. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  5. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-05-29. Retrieved 2015-06-01.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. "About - Communion Partners". www.communionpartners.org. Archived from the original on 24 August 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  7. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-02-10. Retrieved 2017-06-27.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. http://justus.anglican.org/resources/bcp/marriage.pdf


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