Sports
Making history wasn’t on the schedule for the NHL All-Star skills competition, but U.S.
Jan. 25, 2019
California
San Joaquin Diocese’s leader was a powerful force in conservative flock’s vote to secede.
Dec. 24, 2007
An Episcopal priest who opposes ordination of women to the priesthood and who sometimes worships in the Byzantine Catholic tradition has been selected to become the next spiritual head of San Joaquin Valley Episcopalians.
Oct. 15, 1988
The Episcopal Diocese of San Joaquin has sued a deposed bishop who led a secession last year prompted by the church’s ordination of women and gays, demanding he vacate his offices and turn over financial accounts.
April 26, 2008
Fresno-based Episcopal group could decide Saturday to leave the national organization.
Dec. 7, 2007
World & Nation
The San Joaquin Diocese would be the first to align itself with more conservative, foreign members of the global Anglican Communion.
Jan. 28, 2007
The bishop whose Fresno-based diocese voted in December to leave the Episcopal Church was formally banned Friday from carrying out any ecclesiastical duties for the church, officials said.
Jan. 12, 2008
Leaders of the Episcopal Church formally ousted the bishop of California’s breakaway Diocese of San Joaquin on Wednesday, saying John-David Schofield had abandoned the communion of the church in a bitter, years-long struggle over homosexuality and the Bible.
March 13, 2008
A new bishop was chosen on the 12th ballot for the Episcopal Church diocese serving the San Joaquin Valley.
April 12, 1988