George C. Schneller
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George C. Schneller was the second presiding bishop
of the Anglican Orthodox Church
and Metropolitan
of the Orthodox Anglican Communion
. He was consecrated in 1991 by the Rt. Rev'd Laione Q. Vuki of the Anglican Orthodox Church of Polynesia. In 1994 he resigned his position as Presiding Bishop due to ill health. Archbishop Schneller served his alma mater (1973) as the second President of Cranmer Seminary
during the same period. He died on June 8, 2000, bequeathing his episcopal vestments, library, and holy vessels to Archbishop Scott Earle McLaughlin
and the Orthodox Anglican Church
.
Presiding Bishop
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of the Anglican Orthodox Church
Orthodox Anglican Church
The Orthodox Anglican Church is the American branch of the Orthodox Anglican Communion. It is now considered to be part of the Continuing Anglican movement, although the church predates the Continuing Church movement and was actively opposed to Continuing Anglicanism when it developed during the...
and Metropolitan
Metropolitan bishop
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of the Orthodox Anglican Communion
Orthodox Anglican Communion
The Orthodox Anglican Communion was established in 1967 as a self-governing worldwide fellowship of national churches in the Anglican tradition. The Orthodox Anglican Communion was one of the first such communions to be formed outside of the See of Canterbury and therefore is not part of the...
. He was consecrated in 1991 by the Rt. Rev'd Laione Q. Vuki of the Anglican Orthodox Church of Polynesia. In 1994 he resigned his position as Presiding Bishop due to ill health. Archbishop Schneller served his alma mater (1973) as the second President of Cranmer Seminary
Saint Andrew's Theological College and Seminary
Saint Andrew's Theological College and Seminary is a church-affiliated educational institution of the Orthodox Anglican Church, the United States branch of the Orthodox Anglican Communion. Instruction began in Statesville, North Carolina in 1967 and the school was formally dedicated as Cranmer...
during the same period. He died on June 8, 2000, bequeathing his episcopal vestments, library, and holy vessels to Archbishop Scott Earle McLaughlin
Scott Earle McLaughlin
Scott Earle McLaughlin is the Presiding Bishop of the Orthodox Anglican Church, Metropolitan Archbishop of the Orthodox Anglican Communion, and the Chancellor of Saint Andrew's Theological College and Seminary. On 1 May 1999 McLaughlin was consecrated as a bishop by Herbert M...
and the Orthodox Anglican Church
Orthodox Anglican Church
The Orthodox Anglican Church is the American branch of the Orthodox Anglican Communion. It is now considered to be part of the Continuing Anglican movement, although the church predates the Continuing Church movement and was actively opposed to Continuing Anglicanism when it developed during the...
.