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Our Bishop Ordinary is the Right Reverend Darryl Fitzwater. He was consecrated on the Feast Day of St Francis of Assisi (2024) and enthroned as our diocesan ordinary on the Feast Day of Thomas Cranmer (2025). He serves in Ecumenical talks for the ACNA, the Bishop Protector for the Society of Saint Michael, and as the First Vice-President for Forward in Faith North America.

Bishop Fitzwater continues to serve as the Rector for Cathedral Church of the Ascension in Charles Town, WV. He and his wife, Becki, have been married since 2000. They have two children.

He holds his Bachelor of Arts in Pastoral Ministry from Central Bible College and Masters of Divinity from Asbury Theological Seminary.

It is with both sorrow and the sure and certain hope of the resurrection that the Anglican Church announces the death of the Right Reverend William (“Bill”) Ilgenfritz, the first bishop consecrated in the Anglican Church in North America and the founding Bishop of the Missionary Diocese of All Saints.

Bishop Ilgenfritz will be remembered as a faithful shepherd whose life and ministry were marked by steadfast conviction, humble service, and unwavering devotion to the Lord Jesus Christ. He carried out both the public responsibilities and the quiet, often unseen duties of the episcopate with equal diligence. Faithful to the vows he made, faithful to the people entrusted to his care, and faithful over many years to the Lord who called him, Bishop Ilgenfritz leaves behind a lasting legacy of godly leadership and sacrificial ministry.

Even as the Church grieves, it gives thanks for Bishop Ilgenfritz’s faithful witness and rejoices in the Christian hope that those who die in Christ shall live with Him forever. His earthly race is finished, his faith has been kept, and he now rests in the presence of the Savior whom he loved and served.

“Anglicans pray the entire Book of Psalms 12 times a year!” Do we? What about February?

The monthly Psalter is divided up into 30 Days (half during Morning Prayer, half during Evening Prayer). The tradition is to repeat Day 30 on the 31st day in months that have one.

Here’s and idea for February: when February has only 28 days, pray the Psalms for Day 29 on either January or March 31st (we need not concern ourselves with a “Feb. 30” reading because Day 30 is repeated on the rest of the months with 31 days)—then we’ll truly pray the entire Psalter 12 times a year.