John Gray - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Sun, 15 Nov 2015 09:09:32 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg John Gray - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Controversial Anglican Bishop John Gray has died https://cathnews.co.nz/2015/11/17/controversial-anglican-bishop-john-gray-has-died/ Mon, 16 Nov 2015 15:50:05 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=79001 The body of the late Bishop of the South Island, John Gray, is on its way home. Gray died on Friday after a long illness. Gray served as Vicar General to Te Pihopa o Aotearoa for 10 years. He was suspended as Bishop of Te Waipounamu in February after controversial comments about the Holocaust. The suspension Read more

Controversial Anglican Bishop John Gray has died... Read more]]> The body of the late Bishop of the South Island, John Gray, is on its way home.

Gray died on Friday after a long illness.

Gray served as Vicar General to Te Pihopa o Aotearoa for 10 years.

He was suspended as Bishop of Te Waipounamu in February after controversial comments about the Holocaust. The suspension was lifted the week of his death. Read more

Controversial Anglican Bishop John Gray has died]]> 79001 Controversial Bishop Gray backs family facing deportation https://cathnews.co.nz/2015/02/24/controversial-bishop-gray-backs-family-facing-deportation/ Mon, 23 Feb 2015 17:52:15 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=68342 Controversial Anglican, Bishop John Gray, says he can offer a Christchurch family, who sought refuge in a church to avoid deportation to Chile, a home within his church's grounds. The Ravet family have lived in New Zealand for 11 years, but the parents' work permits have expired, and they face deportation to Chile. They had Read more

Controversial Bishop Gray backs family facing deportation... Read more]]> Controversial Anglican, Bishop John Gray, says he can offer a Christchurch family, who sought refuge in a church to avoid deportation to Chile, a home within his church's grounds.

The Ravet family have lived in New Zealand for 11 years, but the parents' work permits have expired, and they face deportation to Chile.

They had first sought refuge at a Catholic Church in Burnside. Continue reading

Controversial Bishop Gray backs family facing deportation]]> 68342 Anglican Church demotes 'stirrer' Bishop John Gray https://cathnews.co.nz/2015/02/17/anglican-church-demotes-stirrer-bishop-john-gray/ Mon, 16 Feb 2015 17:54:49 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=68047 The Anglican Church has demoted the bishop who offended visiting Jews and Muslims at an inter-faith meeting last month. A statement issued by the Anglican Church of Aoteoroa said Archbishop Brown Turei, the head of Pihopatanga, (the Maori Anglican Church in Aotearoa New Zealand) had appointed Bishop Te Kitohi Pikaahu as his Vicar General. Bishop Read more

Anglican Church demotes ‘stirrer' Bishop John Gray... Read more]]> The Anglican Church has demoted the bishop who offended visiting Jews and Muslims at an inter-faith meeting last month.

A statement issued by the Anglican Church of Aoteoroa said Archbishop Brown Turei, the head of Pihopatanga, (the Maori Anglican Church in Aotearoa New Zealand) had appointed Bishop Te Kitohi Pikaahu as his Vicar General.

Bishop John Gray would remain as Bishop of the Maori Anglican Diocese of Te Waipounamu (The South Island). Continue reading

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