NEW BISHOP OF LONDON

Timaru Herald, Volume CLVIII, Issue 23257, 19 July 1945, Page 5

NEW BISHOP OF LONDON

“Extreme Anglo-Catholic” Protestant Union Protests LONDON. July 17. At a private celebration at St. Paul’s Cathedral of Holy Communion for the Greater Chapter, which preceded the meeting to elect the Rt. Rev. J. W. C. Wand (Bishop of Bath and Wells), as Bishop of London, the National Union of Protestants protested againstMhe nomination. The secretary for the Union said: “A deputation of members attended and stood at the back of the Cathedral during the service. Our governing director at the end of the service went to the altar rails and read a protest urging the Dean of the Chapter to postpone the election sine die on the grounds that Dr. Wand was an extreme Anglo-Catholic, and not a fit and proper person for the position. His religion was not the religion of the Church of England as established by law. Several of our members tried to get. past the vergers but were obstructed. The Dean refused to allow us to protest in a legal manner. We distributed many copies of our protest among the people in the cathedral. I am convinced that the Dean and the Chapter intend to ignore us and continue with the Romanising of the Church, in spite of the fact that we represent the voice of Protestant Britain.’’ The Dean's secretary said that Dean Matthews stated that someone had protested but the speaker's voice was so inaudible that he was hardly heard. Few people were aware that anything bad. happened.