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Episcopal News Service. March 17, 1993 [93049M]
Denis M. O'Pray, rector of the Church of Our Savior in San Gabriel, California, was elected president of the board of directors of the Consortium of Endowed Episcopal Parishes (CEEP). O'Pray has a been a member of the board for the past year and his parish has been part of CEEP since 1991. He succeeds the Rev. James B. Lemler of Trinity Church, Indianapolis. The announcement of O'Pray's election was made at the annual conference of CEEP hosted by Christ Church in Greenwich, Connecticut. CEEP is a national organization of 42 endowed parishes. It brings clergy and lay persons together to serve the larger church, acting as a catalyst for evangelism and mission through its work in stewardship, grantmaking, and the development of parish leadership.
The Rt. Rev. Herbert Alcorn Donovan, Jr., bishop of Arkansas, was recently appointed vicar at Trinity Church in New York City. Donovan, consecrated in 1980, has served the Episcopal Church in many locations, among them Wyoming, Kentucky and New Jersey, and as secretary of the House of Bishops since 1986. Hailing the selection of Donovan, The Rev. Daniel Paul Matthews, rector of Trinity Church, said, "Herbert Donovan is one of our most respected bishops. His distinguished career will enhance the leadership team at Trinity and assist us as we attempt a more collaborative work style in the congregation and throughout the Trinity family." Donovan succeeds the Rev. Canon Lloyd Casson, who left in June 1992. He will take up his position as vicar in September.
Archbishop Olavo Ventura Luiz, primate of the Anglican Episcopal Church of Brazil, died from cerebral malaria on March 8. Luiz contracted the disease on a recent visit to Mozambique following the Primates and Anglican Consultative Council meeting in Cape Town, South Africa in January. Luiz became primate in 1984 following his service as bishop of southwestern Brazil, for which he was consecrated in 1976. He served as host to the Anglican Women's Encounter and was a proponent of the ordination of women as priests. The Rev. Canon Samuel Van Culin said of Luiz, "He was graceful, strong and a pastor with a warm countenance. He will be greatly missed in the councils of the Anglican Communion." "He was a man whose life was dedicated to the church of Brazil from the time he grew up in an Episcopal orphanage until his death," added Rev. Patrick Mauney, executive of the Episcopal Church's Partnerships Office. "For such a young, small church like Brazil to lose a man of his stature is a great tragedy," Mauney said. Luiz is survived by his wife Mary Helena and four children.
Julia Ann Godsey, 54, national president of the Church Periodical Club (CPC), died at home in Boise, Idaho, of cancer on March 13. A lifelong Episcopalian, Godsey was president of her diocesan Episcopal Church Women 1983-89, and a triennial delegate 1979-89. She was president of Province VIII CPC 1982-89, and national vice-president of CPC 1988-91 prior to being elected president of CPC at the triennial meeting in Pheonix in 1991. In 1990, Godsey and her husband, Julian, traveled extensively in the Philippines to gather information for the CPC and draw attention to the needs of the Anglican Church there. The obituary in her home newspaper read, "As one of God's servants, she inspired others by her faith and work. Julia's dynamic leadership and courage of her convictions influenced many people throughout the world."