Everything you've ever wanted to know about what's happening in San Diego

Here is a long round-up of news articles and blog entries on what’s been happening in the Diocese of San Diego and departing local parishes, organized chronologically for the most part. I’ve listed straight news stories first—from both the secular press and other sources, and then I've listed blog entries. The list is divided into sections:

1. Christ the King Alpine splits
   
2. St. Anne’s Oceanside and St. John’s Fallbrook move under Anglican bishops and Bishop Mathes attempts damage control
   
3. Talk of church property and lawsuits begins
   
4. Holy Trinity departs the diocese
   
5. First lawsuit filed September, 2006, and more rectors leave
   
6. Initial legal ruling and more rectors leave
   
7. Diocesan legal appeal rejected
   
8. And the diocese tries again. . . June, 2007

If an article/blog headline did not have name the specific church it was talking about, I’ve added that church name in the article headline for easier use. I’m sure I’ve missed some—please send me info on any through the Comments. I'll be updating regularly. Thanks.

Christ the King Alpine splits

A Letter from the Bishop of San Diego concerning Christ the King, Alpine
American Anglican Council – 12/14/05

Resignation of priest 1st sign of rift in S.D. [Christ the King]
San Diego Union Tribune – 12/16/05

Alpine Episcopal rift confirmed by separate worship services [Christ the King]
San Diego Union Tribune – 12/19/05

Item: Church leaves peacefully in the Diocese of San Diego [Christ the King]
The Living Church – 1/15/06

Realignment Starts In San Diego, CA [Christ the King]
Forward in Faith – 12/16/05

Resignation of priest 1st sign of rift in San Diego [Christ the King]
American Anglican Council – 12/16/05

SAN DIEGO, CA: Traditionalist Parish Leaves ECUSA for APA. Priest inhibited [Christ the King]
Virtue Online – 12/17/05

St. Anne’s Oceanside and St. John’s Fallbrook move under Anglican bishops and Bishop Mathes attempts damage control

St. Anne’s Church votes to quit Episcopal Diocese: 2nd congregation in 2 months to leave
San Diego Union Tribune – 2/2/06

Oceanside church breaks with San Diego diocese [St. Anne’s]
North County Times – 2/3/06

St. Anne’s Leaves Diocese of San Diego
Stand Firm – 1/30/06

St. Anne’s Church Aligns with Worldwide Anglican Communion
TitusOneNine – 1/30/06

San Diego Bishop responds to Oceanside parishioners angry over gays
Oasis California - 2/11/06

Two local Episcopal churches break from denomination [St. Anne’s and St. John’s]
Good News Etc. – 1/30/06

St. Anne’s Church votes to quit Episcopal Diocese of San Diego
TitusOneNine – 2/2/06

Diocesan Digest: San Diego, Rio Grande bishops affirm collaboration
Episcopal News Service – 2/16/06

Pastoral Directive to all Rectors in the Episcopal Diocese of San Diego [Bishop Mathes’s infamous “Easter Directive”]
American Anglican Council – 4/19/06

Bishops Give Notice on Property
The Living Church – 4/21/06

Network Deans Respond to Bishop Mathes' Letter
Anglican Communion Network – 4/06

SAN DIEGO: Bishop Incites Fear and Loathing in Clergy, Mathes issues Pastoral Directive demanding loyalty or else...
Virtue Online – 4/22/06

You've Got a Lovely Little Parish
Midwest Conservative Journal – 4/22/06

You've got a *lovely* little parish...
Free Republic – 4/22/06

A house divided: James Mathes, Episcopal bishop of San Diego, and others struggle against fractures in the church over homosexuality
San Diego Union Tribune – 6/15/06

SAN DIEGO: Bishop James Mathes and others struggle against fractures in the church over homosexuality
Virtue Online – 6/15/06

Episcopal flock leaves diocese over doctrine [St. John’s]
San Diego Union Tribune – 7/19/06

St. John’s in Fallbrook breaks with Episcopal Church
North County Times – 7/21/06

(Third) Episcopal flock leaves (San Diego) diocese over doctrine [St. John’s]
Stand Firm – 7/19/06

SAN DIEGO: Bishop Mathes Spins Actions of Fleeing Fallbrook Parish [St. John’s]
Virtue Online – 7/25/06

The Bishop of San Diego Announces His Plans for the Aftermath of General Convention
Stand Firm – 7/26/06

All Saints Episcopal left without pastor
North County Times – 7/31/06

Talk of church property and lawsuits begins

Church ownership disputed: Episcopal Diocese says congregations have no right to property
North County Times – 8/4/06

Church ownership disputed: San Diego Episcopal Diocese says congregations have no right to property
TitusOneNine - 8/5/06

The Bishop of San Diego Writes his Diocese [the Chicken Little letter]
TitusOneNine – 9/10/06

Holy Trinity departs the diocese

Sixth San Diego Church Votes to Leave Diocese [Holy Trinity]
The Living Church - 09/13/2006

San Diego Parish is Sixth to Leave Diocese [Holy Trinity]
TitusOneNine – 9/13/06

Father Larry Bausch [Holy Trinity] writes a Letter to Explain Himself to his Colleagues and Friends
TitusOneNine – 9/15/06

Interview with Fr. Larry Bausch [Holy Trinity]
AnglicanTV – 10/9/06

Keeping Count
San Diego Union Tribune – 9/16/06

The San Diego Six
CTSix.org – 9/16/06

First lawsuit filed September, 2006, and more rectors leave

Lawsuit is filed over Fallbrook church [St. John’s]
San Diego Union Tribune – 9/30/06

Episcopal Diocese files suits against break-away Fallbrook church [St. John’s]
North County Times – 10/5/06

San Diego Diocese Sues for Church Property [St. John’s]
The Living Church – 9/29/06

SAN DIEGO: Wardens, diocese file suit in property conflict [St. John’s]
Episcopal News Service - 10/2/06

St. John’s Anglican Church Responds to Lawsuit by Episcopal Diocese of San Diego to Grab Its Property
Anglican Mainstream - 9/29/06

St. John’s Anglican Church Responds to Lawsuit by Episcopal Diocese of San Diego
TitusOneNine - 9/29/06

More on the Suit by the Episcopal Diocese of San Diego Against a parish [St. John’s]
TitusOneNine - 9/30/06

Diocesan Digest: SAN DIEGO: San Marcos priest leaves Episcopal church
Episcopal News Service – 9/7/06

San Marcos priest leaves Episcopal church
TitusOneNine – 9/6/06

Interview with Fr. Eric Menees [Anglican Church of the Resurrection, formerly with Grace Episcopal]
AnglicanTV – 10/4/06

Interview with Judith Lown [senior warden, Anglican Church of the Resurrection]
AnglicanTV – 1/15/07

Former All Saints priest begins new Anglican church in Vista
North County Times – 11/3/06

Interview with Fr. Joe Rees [St. Anne’s]
AnglicanTV – 9/25/06

Interview with Fr. Neal Moquin [St. Michael’s Episcopal]
AnglicanTV – 11/3/06

Episcopal priest breaks from Holy Cross in Carlsbad [Good Shepherd]
North County Times – 11/8/06

Episcopal priest breaks from Holy Cross in Carlsbad
North County Times – 11/8/06

Episcopal priest breaks from Holy Cross in Carlsbad, California
TitusOneNine – 11/8/06

SAN DIEGO, CA: Episcopal priest breaks from Holy Cross in Carlsbad
Virtue Online – 11/9/06

Initial legal ruling and more rectors leave

Judge tentatively rules against diocese in Fallbrook church dispute [St. John’s]
North County Times – 11/10/06

Judge rules in favor of Fallbrook Anglicans in church dispute [St. John’s]
North County Times – 11/14/06

Fallbrook CA church tentatively backed [St. John’s, also mentions Good Shepherd]
Anglicans United & Latimer Press – 11/10/06

Interview with Fr. Don Kroeger of St. John’s Anglican
AnglicanTV – 12/06

Ordination in San Diego [Christ the King]
episcoblog – 11/19/06

2 priests, members leave over doctrine [St. Timothy’s]
San Diego Union Tribune – 12/7/06

Episcopal Bishop bids goodbye to congregants [St. Timothy’s]
North County Times – 12/10/06

2 priests, members leave over doctrine [St. Timothy’s]
TitusOneNine – 12/7/06

San Diego Episcopal bishop bids goodbye to congregants [St. Timothy’s]
TitusOneNine – 12/10/06

Anglican bishop confronts Episcopal division [Bishop Frank Lyons of Bolivia visits parishes in San Diego]
North County Times – 2/1/07

Interview with Bishop Frank Lyons (Bishop of Bolivia)
AnglicanTV – 1/27/07

Diocesan legal appeal rejected

Judge says Episcopal Diocese can't amend lawsuit [St. John’s]
North County Times – 2/2/07

San Diego Court Rejects Bid By Episcopal Church to Revive Its Lawsuit Against St. John’s Anglican Church
TitusOneNine – 2/1/07

San Diego request denied in Fallbrook case [St. John’s]
epiScope – 2/2/07

After the storm - All Saints Episcopal replaces priest who left church last year
North County Times – 6/10/07

And the diocese tries again. . . June, 2007

Episcopal Diocese sues three breakaway parishes [St. John’s, St. Anne’s, Holy Trinity]
North County Times – 6/22/07 – in San Diego/County section

Episcopal Diocese sues three break-away parishes [St. John’s, St. Anne’s, Holy Trinity]
North County Times story – 6/22/07 – in Faith section

SAN DIEGO: Diocese files suit against three parishes over property [St. John’s, St. Anne’s, Holy Trinity]
Episcopal Life Online – 6/20/07

Seven Former Episcopal Churches in California Sued
The Living Church – 6/21/07

[St. John’s] Statement in Response to Second Lawsuit Filed
American Anglican Council – 6/20/07

[St. Anne’s] Statement in Response to Lawsuit Filed on June 18, 2007
American Anglican Council – 6/21/07

Second Lawsuit Filed Against St. John's Anglican Church by Diocese of San Diego
TitusOneNine – 6/19/07

SAN DIEGO: Diocese Files Second Lawsuit Filed Against St. John's Anglican Church
Virtue Online – 6/20/07

Unhappy: Episcopal Diocese sues three breakaway parishes [St. John’s, St. Anne’s, Holy Trinity]
epiScope – 6/22/07

San Diego Episcopal Diocese sues three Anglican parishes [St. John’s, St. Anne’s, Holy Trinity]
TitusOneNine – 6/22/07

St. Anne’s Anglican Church's Response to Being Sued by the Diocese of San Diego
TitusOneNine – 6/22/07

DioSanDiego Sues Seven Former Episcopal Parishes
Stand Firm – 6/22/07

Seven Former Episcopal Churches in California Sued
Free Republic – 6/22/07

Beyond the Conflict: Following a fractured congregation, its first female pastor is leading Alpine's Christ the King Church forward
San Diego Union Tribune – 6/23/07

SAN DIEGO: Episcopal Diocese sues three break-away parishes [St. John’s, St. Anne’s, Holy Trinity]
Virtue Online – 6/29/07

Episcopal Diocese sues three break-away parishes [St. John’s, St. Anne’s, Holy Trinity]
Anglicans United & Latimer Press – 6/29/07

SAN DIEGO: St. Anne's Church Will Fight for its Property
Virtue Online – 6/30/07

Don’t forget to check ECUSA Departures even though it seems it was last updated September of 2006—it lists which provinces and dioceses departed churches are now under. (If you know who started this blog, please ask them to update it—it really is helpful!)

And just because I think these men are very cool (but have nothing directly to do with the situation in San Diego), I’m including interviews I did with Bishop Keith Ackerman of the Diocese of Quincy and Archbishop Henry Luke Orombi of Uganda. Enjoy!