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Heraldry of The Right Reverend Jon Ignatius Lumanog’s Episcopal Seal

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Bishop Lumanog episcopal seal

In crafting this distinguished seal, we were honored to engage the services of Karr Cedric, a renowned heraldist of Arca Foederis in the Philippines.  His expertise has been sought by esteemed institutions such as the Archdiocese of Manila, the Archdiocese of Cebu, and the Minor Basilica and Parish of St. John the Baptist in the Diocese of Antipolo.  Karr Cedric was chosen not only for his masterful craftsmanship but also for his deep understanding of Bishop Lumanog’s cultural heritage as a fellow Filipino.  This seal reflects not just episcopal authority, but also the unique legacy and mission of a Filipino-American bishop entrusted with upholding the faith.


The Episcopal Seal of Jon Ignatius Lumanog

The episcopal seal of Bishop Jon Ignatius Lumanog is a profound visual testament to his faith, heritage and mission as a bishop.  Rooted in Christian symbolism and personal significance, the seal integrates elements of his spiritual calling, theological convictions and family name.

Shape and Overall Design

At the heart of the seal is a traditional episcopal shield, symbolizing leadership, guardianship and divine protection.  Crowning the shield is a bishop’s mitre, signifying episcopal authority and the sacred duty of teaching and shepherding the faithful.  Behind the shield, a crosier (shepherd’s staff) represents pastoral care, while a key—the symbol of St. Peter—denotes apostolic succession and ecclesiastical authority, echoing Christ’s words in Matthew 16:19: “I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven.”

The Shield’s Elements and Symbolism

The shield itself is divided into two halves, each carrying profound theological and personal meaning.

Left Half – Faith and Sacraments (Purple Background)

The left side of the shield, set against a purple background, embodies Bishop Lumanog’s deep commitment to Scripture, sacramental life and the Holy Spirit.

  • Cross of St. George (White & Purple) – A traditional symbol of Christian faith, referencing Anglican heritage.  The color purple signifies episcopal authority as a bishop.
  • Open Book with Alpha (Α) & Omega (Ω) – Represents the Bible and Christ as the eternal Word (Revelation 22:13), underscoring the bishop’s dedication to theological wisdom and the teaching ministry.
  • Chalice – A symbol of the Eucharist, highlighting the centrality of sacramental life in his episcopal mission.
  • Flame – Represents the Holy Spirit, divine inspiration, and an unwavering passion for ministry and missionary zeal.
Right Half – Family and Name Symbolism (Blue, White & Red with a Golden Eagle)

The right side of the shield integrates personal and familial significance, reflecting his heritage and patron saints.

  • Golden Eagle with Halo (Symbol of St. John the Evangelist) – The eagle, emblematic of St. John, represents spiritual vision and divine revelation.  It also serves as a personal connection to Bishop Lumanog’s Christian name, “Jon.”
  • Rayonny Division (Flames) – Symbol of the Lumanog Name – The flame-like rayonny pattern references the meaning of Lumanog.  The surname Lumanog carries a wealth of cultural and historical significance that provide insights into the heritage of individuals who bear this name.  Last names often serve as a window into the past, reflecting the geographic, linguistic, and social contexts in which they originated.

    The surname Lumanog is believed to have Filipino roots, reflecting the rich tapestry of languages and cultures that characterize the Philippines.  The name is thought to have connections to Tagalog and other indigenous Philippine languages.  While the exact meaning can vary, it often evokes ideas of brightness or illumination, possibly stemming from the root word “lumi,” which can denote light or brightness in Filipino vernacular.  This aspect of the name suggests a heritage linked to positive attributes like enlightenment or clarity.

    The flame-like rayonny pattern (flames) symbolizes a mission to bring spiritual illumination to others.
  • IHS Christogram with Red Sunburst (Symbol of St. Ignatius of Loyola) – The IHS monogram, the emblem of St. Ignatius of Loyola, honors Bishop Lumanog’s middle name and his dedication to Ignatian spirituality.  The red sunburst symbolizes Christ’s divine radiance and missionary zeal.

Alternative Interpretation – The Phoenix and Resurrection

A variation of the seal includes a golden phoenix rising from flames—a powerful symbol of resurrection, renewal, and triumph over death.  The phoenix represents perseverance, spiritual rebirth, and the transformative power of faith, reinforcing the bishop’s mission of renewal and revival.

Outer White Border and Inscription

Encircling the shield is a white border adorned with black crosses, further emphasizing its Christian significance. Inscribed along the border is the name “Jon Ignatius Lumanog,” affirming his identity and mission as a bishop.

Theological and Personal Significance

Bishop Lumanog’s heraldic seal is more than an artistic representation — it is a visual proclamation of his vocation.  The left half highlights his devotion to Scripture, the Eucharist, and the Holy Spirit.  The right half pays tribute to his family name and Filipino heritage, patron saints, and the calling to spread the Gospel light.  United in purpose, these elements reflect his duty to uphold apostolic tradition, guide the faithful and illuminate the path of Christ for all who seek Him.

Bishop Jack Lumanog

The Right Rev. Dr. Jon I. (Jack) Lumanog is an Anglican Bishop and leader of The Anglican Diocese of St. Ignatius Loyola. He oversees clergy in various regions and has a background in church planting and revitalization. Currently, he is pursuing post-graduate studies at Harvard and is a corporate strategist.

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The Right Rev. Dr. Jon I. (Jack) Lumanog is an Anglican Bishop in good standing with The Apostolic Communion of Anglican Churches and leader of The Anglican Diocese of St. Ignatius Loyola.

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The Right Rev. Dr. Jon I. “Jack” Lumanog
is an Anglican Bishop in good standing with the Apostolic Communion of Anglican Churches and the leader of The Anglican Diocese of St. Ignatius Loyola.

The Right Rev. Dr. Jon I. “Jack” Lumanog is an Anglican Bishop in good standing with the Apostolic Communion of Anglican Churches and the leader of The Anglican Diocese of St. Ignatius Loyola, overseeing clergy and congregations in the United States, South Asia, Africa and Southeast Asia. A pastor and evangelist at heart, Dr. Jack Lumanog has planted, revitalized and led churches, traveling extensively around the world to share the life-changing message of Jesus Christ. He served as a denominational leader for eight years, providing executive-level oversight for more than 1,000 congregations in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

Dr. Lumanog is currently pursuing post-graduate studies in Management at Harvard University through the Harvard Extension School. He is an accomplished corporate strategist with extensive experience leading high-impact clinical projects for a Fortune 20 healthcare company.
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Two Years After Dad’s Death: Lessons in Grief So Far from Bishop Jack Lumanog

On November 25, 2022, I officiated my father’s funeral, a deeply emotional experience. Despite feeling lost and focused on supporting my family, grief hit me later than expected. I cherish my father’s support for my dreams and aim to embody that love for my daughters, drawing strength from faith and community.

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Looking back to November 25, 2022. Preaching the hardest sermon I have ever preached – the funeral sermon for my Dad, Dano Lumanog. (Video of the sermon is here and below).

It seemed like a good idea at the time — to officiate and preach at my Dad’s funeral service 2 years ago at his Catholic parish in Bayonne, New Jersey. It felt like the thing to do to honor my father, to plan and officiate and preach his funeral service.

Looking back to November 25, 2022. Being surrounded in a hug by my younger sisters, Danelle (foreground) and Mannylyn (other side and not pictured), after officiating and preaching the funeral service for my Dad, Dano Lumanog. I have never felt quite so lost as I have on this day.

I hadn’t cried yet since I received the awful news that my dear Dad had died. As soon as I heard that Dad died, I immediately went into pastor and priest mode and wanted to make sure that everyone around me, my mother, my sisters and my daughters were being cared for.

Looking back (ah, the benefit of hindsight!), I wasn’t a son grieving the loss of his father.

I was a priest planning a funeral.

And with the benefit of hindsight, I can say thankfully, the grace of God carried me through.

Once more, with hindsight, the song Amazing Grace comes to mind:
‘Twas grace that brought us safe thus far
And grace will lead us home

That grace carrying me through felt suddenly real. All of a sudden. God’s grace is real. God’s grace is sufficient. God’s grace carries us through.

It didn’t make sense then. It only makes a little more sense two years later. But, I can see God’s grace working.

Looking back to November 25, 2022. Surrounded by my younger sisters, Mannylyn and Danelle, after officiating and preaching the funeral service for my Dad, Dano Lumanog. I have never felt quite so lost as I have on this day. Though I am vested as an Anglican Bishop, looking at myself in this photo, I felt more like a lost child searching for his parents.

And crying over my Dad’s death wouldn’t come until at least a year after the funeral when a friend brought me to a Sunday night service in Atlanta where the music was not Anglican choral evensong (let me be clear, I will always love the historic music heritage of the Church, but I did not realize I needed modern words and music from the last few years to express what I was fumbling around in the dark for a year in my grief).

It has been nearly 2 years and I did not realize how much I would miss my Dad. That seems almost silly to admit to myself, much less write.

With my dear old Dad, Dano Lumanog. He was a man of very few words but he was one of my biggest believers in my dreams. I didn’t need to be a physician or an attorney – the standard Asian immigrant careers that immediately signaled to first generation Americans that “we made it!” Whatever God was calling me to be was more than enough for Dad and as long as it was fulfilling for me.

I find myself starting to call his cell number from my iphone and then realize that he will not be on the other end of that call.

I realize there will be no more voicemail messages from my Dad (he called at such odd hours, he was a notorious insomniac) waiting for me when I woke up that always started with, “Hi, Jay, how are ya?” (Only my father is allowed to call me Jay, by the way!)

This grief has been harder than I thought it would be to get through. There have been glimmers of hope. I see it in my daughters who I know Dad would be so proud to see the women they are becoming each and everyday. I continue to receive nourishment from the Word of God and counsel and encouragement and fellowship from my Archbishop and Bishop, Darel Chase, and assisted by a godly priest and Archdeacon Gideon Uzomechina.

And just as I was surrounded at the funeral 2 years ago by the love of my younger sisters and my daughters, I am still just as loved by my family.

My commitment, as a father, is to support my daughters in their dreams, as my Dad did for me.

Although my Dad was a man of few words, he was incredibly supportive of me as his son. I decided long ago that I would parent differently. I wanted my daughters to have no doubt about my love for them. I make it a point to express my love verbally, show it through my actions, and, when necessary, ask for their forgiveness when I make mistakes.

This may not fit the “typical” Asian Dad relationship, but it’s the vision I have for my relationship with my daughters.

Practically speaking, I constantly remind my daughters of my love for them. Whenever I can (and they are willing to abide hearing it!), I tell them:


“There’s nothing you can do to make me love you more, and there’s nothing you can do to make me love you any less.”

This focus on intentional parenting became even clearer when my Dad passed away two years ago. His death reminded me of the importance of being intentional in my parenting so that when my time comes to enter my eternal reward, my daughters will have no doubts about my love for them. I want them to be secure in their identity as my beloved children.

And my hope and prayer is that in my exuberant faith, or in this intense journey of grief these last 2 years, in spite of my fumbles, even in my fears, that I am pointing my daughters and everyone that I have the privilege to serve to Jesus Christ.

Even two years later, the loss remains. Dad’s absence is no longer a sharp pain, but a quieter ache, a reminder of what he meant to me.

Today, I draw comfort and strength from the same passage from Isaiah that I preached at his funeral:

6 On this mountain the Lord of hosts will make for all peoples
a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wine,
of rich food full of marrow, of aged wine well refined.
7 And he will swallow up on this mountain
the covering that is cast over all peoples,
the veil that is spread over all nations.
8 He will swallow up death forever;
and the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces,
and the reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth,
for the Lord has spoken.
9 It will be said on that day,
“Behold, this is our God; we have waited for him, that he might save us.
This is the Lord; we have waited for him;
let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation.”

Isaiah 25:6-9 (ESV)


	


				
	






	
	

		
Bishop Jack Lumanog Announces New Church Launch in Nigeria
	


	
					

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I am grateful to God for Archdeacon Gideon Uzomechina and his work assisting me in the expansion of The Anglican Diocese of St. Ignatius Loyola.  





I am pleased to announce the opening of the first mission station in Nigeria which will be led by The Rev. A. Lotechukwu Nathaniel as he establishes Church of the Holy Redeemer in Lagos, Nigeria!





To the greater glory of God!










The Right Rev. Dr. Jon I. “Jack” Lumanog is an Anglican Bishop in good standing with the Apostolic Communion of Anglican Churches and the leader of The Anglican Diocese of St. Ignatius Loyola, overseeing clergy and congregations in the United States, South Asia, Africa and Southeast Asia. A pastor and evangelist at heart, Dr. Jack Lumanog has planted, revitalized and led churches, traveling extensively around the world to share the life-changing message of Jesus Christ.  He served as a denominational leader for eight years, providing executive-level oversight for more than 1,000 congregations in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

Dr. Lumanog is currently pursuing post-graduate studies in Management at Harvard University through the Harvard Extension School.  He is an accomplished corporate strategist with extensive experience leading high-impact clinical projects for a Fortune 20 healthcare company.






	


				
	






	
	

		
Archdeacon Gideon Uzomechina Installed by Bishop Jack Lumanog
	


	
					

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Bishop Jack Lumanog presided at the installation of The Venerable Dr. Gideon A. Uzomechina as Archdeacon and Director of Missions for The Anglican Diocese of St. Ignatius Loyola.  The service took place at The Anglican Church of the Messiah in Plainfield, New Jersey on Pentecost Sunday, 23 May 2021.





Congratulations and blessings to Archdeacon Uzomechina on this appointment in assisting Bishop Lumanog with the expansion of The Anglican Diocese of St. Ignatius Loyola “to the greater glory of God!” 





Bishop Jack Lumanog presides at the installation of The Venerable Dr. Gideon Uzomechina as Archdeacon and Director of Missions for The Anglican Diocese of St. Ignatius Loyola





Bishop Jack Lumanog presides at the installation of The Venerable Dr. Gideon Uzomechina as Archdeacon and Director of Missions for The Anglican Diocese of St. Ignatius Loyola





Bishop Jack Lumanog presides at the installation of The Venerable Dr. Gideon Uzomechina as Archdeacon and Director of Missions for The Anglican Diocese of St. Ignatius Loyola





Bishop Jack Lumanog presides at the installation of The Venerable Dr. Gideon Uzomechina as Archdeacon and Director of Missions for The Anglican Diocese of St. Ignatius Loyola





Bishop Jack Lumanog presides at the installation of The Venerable Dr. Gideon Uzomechina as Archdeacon and Director of Missions for The Anglican Diocese of St. Ignatius Loyola





Bishop Jack Lumanog presides at the installation of The Venerable Dr. Gideon Uzomechina as Archdeacon and Director of Missions for The Anglican Diocese of St. Ignatius Loyola





Bishop Jack Lumanog presides at the installation of The Venerable Dr. Gideon Uzomechina as Archdeacon and Director of Missions for The Anglican Diocese of St. Ignatius Loyola





Bishop Jack Lumanog presides at the installation of The Venerable Dr. Gideon Uzomechina as Archdeacon and Director of Missions for The Anglican Diocese of St. Ignatius Loyola





Bishop Jack Lumanog and Archdeacon Gideon Uzomechina 





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The Right Rev. Dr. Jon I. “Jack” Lumanog is an Anglican Bishop in good standing with the Apostolic Communion of Anglican Churches and the leader of The Anglican Diocese of St. Ignatius Loyola, overseeing clergy and congregations in the United States, South Asia, Africa and Southeast Asia. A pastor and evangelist at heart, Dr. Jack Lumanog has planted, revitalized and led churches, traveling extensively around the world to share the life-changing message of Jesus Christ.  He served as a denominational leader for eight years, providing executive-level oversight for more than 1,000 congregations in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

Dr. Lumanog is currently pursuing post-graduate studies in Management at Harvard University through the Harvard Extension School.  He is an accomplished corporate strategist with extensive experience leading high-impact clinical projects for a Fortune 20 healthcare company.






	


				
	






	
	

		
Bishop Jack Lumanog on Memorial Day
	


	
					

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Bishop Jack Lumanog offers this remembrance for Memorial Day:





Bishop Jack Lumanog leading a remembrance service at Ft. Leavenworth National Cemetery





A Prayer for Heroic Service
O Judge of the nations, we remember before you with grateful hearts the men and women of our country who in the day of decision ventured much for the liberties we now enjoy. Grant that we may not rest until all the people of this land share the benefits of true freedom and gladly accept its disciplines. This we ask in the Name of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
– The Book of Common Prayer 1979, p. 839





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The Right Rev. Dr. Jon I. “Jack” Lumanog is an Anglican Bishop in good standing with the Apostolic Communion of Anglican Churches and the leader of The Anglican Diocese of St. Ignatius Loyola, overseeing clergy and congregations in the United States, South Asia, Africa and Southeast Asia. A pastor and evangelist at heart, Dr. Jack Lumanog has planted, revitalized and led churches, traveling extensively around the world to share the life-changing message of Jesus Christ.  He served as a denominational leader for eight years, providing executive-level oversight for more than 1,000 congregations in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

Dr. Lumanog is currently pursuing post-graduate studies in Management at Harvard University through the Harvard Extension School.  He is an accomplished corporate strategist with extensive experience leading high-impact clinical projects for a Fortune 20 healthcare company.






	


				
	






	
	

		
Bishop Jack Lumanog renews ordination vows as Associate Member of The Anglican Union
	


			

			
On Maundy Thursday, I participated in a renewal of Ordination Vows via Zoom with The Anglican Union for the Propagation of the Gospel clergy from various countries, including the United States and India. The event emphasized the Oratorians’ Rule of Life and showcased Bishop Dr. Jon I “Jack” Lumanog’s leadership and dedication to church growth and ministry.

		

	
					

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On this Maundy Thursday, I joined with The Anglican Union for the Propagation of the Gospel clergy (where I am an Associate Member and serve as the Chairman of the Raising Up New Leaders and Oratories working group) from the United States, Cayman Islands, India, Brazil and Africa, crossing 7 time zones via Zoom for the renewal of Ordination Vows and the Oratorians’ Rule of Life.





A PDF of the liturgy is here:





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The Right Rev. Dr. Jon I. “Jack” Lumanog is an Anglican Bishop in good standing with the Apostolic Communion of Anglican Churches and the leader of The Anglican Diocese of St. Ignatius Loyola, overseeing clergy and congregations in the United States, South Asia, Africa and Southeast Asia. A pastor and evangelist at heart, Dr. Jack Lumanog has planted, revitalized and led churches, traveling extensively around the world to share the life-changing message of Jesus Christ.  He served as a denominational leader for eight years, providing executive-level oversight for more than 1,000 congregations in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

Dr. Lumanog is currently pursuing post-graduate studies in Management at Harvard University through the Harvard Extension School.  He is an accomplished corporate strategist with extensive experience leading high-impact clinical projects for a Fortune 20 healthcare company.






	


				
	






	
	

		
Bishop Jack Lumanog Becomes President-Elect of Cornell College Alumni Association
	


	
					

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Bishop Jack Lumanog is president-elect of the Cornell College Alumni Association Board of Directors and the first person of color named to this position since its establishment in 1873.





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Jack Lumanog is president-elect of the Cornell College Alumni Association Board of Directors and the first person of color named to this position since its establishment in 1873.





In April 2019, Jack was ordained a bishop in the Anglican Diocese of St. Ignatius Loyola. The diocese, headquartered in Atlanta, seeks “to raise up multicultural churches that are firmly rooted in the Anglican tradition and fully alive to the power of the Holy Spirit.”














Previously Jack was chief operating officer of the Anglican Church in North America, responsible for overseeing 1,050 congregations in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. He also served as corporate secretary and trustee of the Anglican Relief and Development Fund-US, the giving arm of the Anglican Church. The Diocese of St. Ignatius Loyola is part of Apostolic Communion of Anglican Churches and is unrelated to the Anglican Church in North America.





Jack is a lieutenant colonel and volunteer chaplain in U.S. Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol. He has had a number of leadership roles here, including serving as special assistant to the national chief of chaplains. He was honored on separate occasions as chaplain of the year by the Kansas and Great Lakes regions of the organization.





He is a lifelong martial artist with a 4th degree master black belt and has won several titles in competitions sponsored by the North American Sport Karate Association.





He holds a master of divinity degree from St. Paul Theological Seminary and a doctorate in counseling and administration from Andersonville Theological Seminary.





A native of Hoboken, N.J., Jack majored in religion at Cornell, with minors in theater and communications, music, psychology, and education. He worked on KRNL and was a member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. “My religion degree shaped me into the theologian I am today,” Jack wrote. “Ebersole Student Health Clinic saved my life as I struggled with depression. The treatment I received there established a pattern of metal wellness I carry to this day.”





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The Right Rev. Dr. Jon I. “Jack” Lumanog is an Anglican Bishop in good standing with the Apostolic Communion of Anglican Churches and the leader of The Anglican Diocese of St. Ignatius Loyola, overseeing clergy and congregations in the United States, South Asia, Africa and Southeast Asia. A pastor and evangelist at heart, Dr. Jack Lumanog has planted, revitalized and led churches, traveling extensively around the world to share the life-changing message of Jesus Christ.  He served as a denominational leader for eight years, providing executive-level oversight for more than 1,000 congregations in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

Dr. Lumanog is currently pursuing post-graduate studies in Management at Harvard University through the Harvard Extension School.  He is an accomplished corporate strategist with extensive experience leading high-impact clinical projects for a Fortune 20 healthcare company.






	


				
	






	
	

		
Bishop Jack Lumanog – Faith and Hope in Pandemic
	


	
					

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Bishop Jack Lumanog is an Associate Member of The Anglican Union for the Propagation of the Gospel and serves as Chairman of the Raising Up of New Leaders and Oratories working Group.  





Here is Bishop Lumanog’s meditation for 12 March 2021, the 3rd Sunday of Lent. 





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The Right Rev. Dr. Jon I. “Jack” Lumanog is an Anglican Bishop in good standing with the Apostolic Communion of Anglican Churches and the leader of The Anglican Diocese of St. Ignatius Loyola, overseeing clergy and congregations in the United States, South Asia, Africa and Southeast Asia. A pastor and evangelist at heart, Dr. Jack Lumanog has planted, revitalized and led churches, traveling extensively around the world to share the life-changing message of Jesus Christ.  He served as a denominational leader for eight years, providing executive-level oversight for more than 1,000 congregations in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

Dr. Lumanog is currently pursuing post-graduate studies in Management at Harvard University through the Harvard Extension School.  He is an accomplished corporate strategist with extensive experience leading high-impact clinical projects for a Fortune 20 healthcare company.






	


				
	






	
	

		
From Bishop Jack Lumanog – appointment of Interim Archdeacon
	


	
					

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The Venerable Dr. Gideon A. Uzomechina
Interim Archdeacon and Director of Missions
The Anglican Diocese of St. Ignatius Loyola





I am very pleased to announce the appointment of The Venerable Dr. Gideon A. Uzomechina as Interim Archdeacon and Director of Missions for The Anglican Diocese of St. Ignatius Loyola. Please pray for Archdeacon Uzomechina as he takes up this appointment and works with me on strategic partnerships for the sake of the expansion of the Kingdom of God “to the greater glory of God!”

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The Venerable Dr. Gideon A. Uzomechina
Interim Archdeacon and Director of Missions

The Venerable Dr. Gideon A. Uzomechina whose love for the Lord Jesus Christ and his mission to the world has no boundaries. He was ordained in 2002 as a Priest of the Anglican Communion (Anglo-Catholic Tradition) following his seminary training. Passionate in his pastoral responsibilities and actively engaged in his community, Gideon brings a message of Christ’s love to his congregation and beyond the church doors with an emphasis to the needy and unreached. Father Gideon is a gifted and engaging preacher and teacher of the Word of God and the Sacraments of the Church. His ministry has been enriched by being able to study the life, times, and ministry of Jesus Christ in the land of Palestine in ecumenical and interfaith settings at St. George’s College and Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem, Israel in 2008. His studies in Israel also included research in biblical studies to places such as Qumran, Sinai, Sodom, Egypt, Jordan, Damascus, Golan Heights and Istanbul, Turkey. 

Following a tumultuous and trying period of his life, God led Father Gideon alongside his closest acquaintances, Colin Baptiste and Harry Watson Jr. out of The Episcopal Church into the formation and planting of a new mission and ministry called Anglican Church of the Messiah, Plainfield, New Jersey in 2018 where he is the Archdeacon and Vicar.

Father Gideon is a Fellow of Christian Theologians and Philosophers of Africa (FCTP), Africa Theological Education Network, and he holds a Doctor of Ministry Degree in Theology and African Spirituality, Master of Arts Degree in Pastoral Counseling from Liberty University in Virginia. Additionally, he has a Bachelor of Education in Guidance and Counseling, a Diploma in Religious Studies, and a Diploma in Theology from the University of Jos and Bishop Crowther College of Theology, Nigeria. He also completed Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, New Jersey.

Father Gideon is a certified Police and Department of Corrections Chaplain. He is also a Behavioral and Mental Health Counselor and a trained conflict resolution and management specialist.Father Gideon received an Ambassador for Peace Award by the Universal Peace Federation, USA for his mentoring work with at-risk young men in his community reuniting them with their families and re-integrating them into society. Although Father Gideon spends numerous hours with pastoral work, his high energy level allows him to pursue his hobbies which include Gospel music, reading and researching, as well as socializing with family and friends.

Faithfully, in Christ,


















The Right Reverend Dr. Jack Lumanog
Bishop, The Anglican Diocese of St. Ignatius Loyola





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The Right Rev. Dr. Jon I. “Jack” Lumanog is an Anglican Bishop in good standing with the Apostolic Communion of Anglican Churches and the leader of The Anglican Diocese of St. Ignatius Loyola, overseeing clergy and congregations in the United States, South Asia, Africa and Southeast Asia. A pastor and evangelist at heart, Dr. Jack Lumanog has planted, revitalized and led churches, traveling extensively around the world to share the life-changing message of Jesus Christ.  He served as a denominational leader for eight years, providing executive-level oversight for more than 1,000 congregations in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

Dr. Lumanog is currently pursuing post-graduate studies in Management at Harvard University through the Harvard Extension School.  He is an accomplished corporate strategist with extensive experience leading high-impact clinical projects for a Fortune 20 healthcare company.






	


				
	






	
	

		
Bishop Jack Lumanog – “Go and Love”
	


	
					

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Video from Bishop Jack Lumanog’s sermon – “Go and Love” – for Trinity Sunday from Matthew 28:16-20 follows below.














Matthew 28:16-20 (ESV)





16 Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. 17 And when they saw him they worshipped him, but some doubted. 18 And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”





Collect of the Day





Almighty and everlasting God, you have given to us your servants grace, by the confession of a true faith, to acknowledge the glory of the eternal Trinity, and in the power of your divine Majesty to worship the Unity: Keep us steadfast in this faith and worship, and bring us at last to see you in your one and eternal glory, O Father; who with the Son and the Holy Spirit live and reign, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.





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The Right Rev. Dr. Jon I. “Jack” Lumanog is an Anglican Bishop in good standing with the Apostolic Communion of Anglican Churches and the leader of The Anglican Diocese of St. Ignatius Loyola, overseeing clergy and congregations in the United States, South Asia, Africa and Southeast Asia. A pastor and evangelist at heart, Dr. Jack Lumanog has planted, revitalized and led churches, traveling extensively around the world to share the life-changing message of Jesus Christ.  He served as a denominational leader for eight years, providing executive-level oversight for more than 1,000 congregations in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

Dr. Lumanog is currently pursuing post-graduate studies in Management at Harvard University through the Harvard Extension School.  He is an accomplished corporate strategist with extensive experience leading high-impact clinical projects for a Fortune 20 healthcare company.






	


				
	






	
	

		
Bishop Jack Lumanog – “I Can’t Breathe”
	


	
					

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Video from Bishop Jack Lumanog’s sermon – “I Can’t Breathe” – for Pentecost Sunday from Luke 4:1-21 follows below.





This powerful and challenging word is a call to lament and repent in light of today’s celebration of Pentecost Sunday and the events of this past week with the death of yet another unarmed African American in George Floyd in Minneapolis.  





“Come, Holy Spirit, breathe new life into Your Church.  Help us to be a prophetic voice in this country once again.”





O God, make speed to save us.
O Lord, make haste to help us. 
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. 
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.



















Luke 4:1-21 (ESV)





1 And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness 2 for forty days, being tempted by the devil. And he ate nothing during those days. And when they were over, he was hungry. 3 The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread.”4 And Jesus answered him, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone.’” 5 And the devil took him up and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time, 6 and said to him, “To you I will give all this authority and their glory, for it has been delivered to me, and I give it to whom I will. 7 If you, then, will worship me, it will all be yours.” 8 And Jesus answered him, “It is written,





“‘You shall worship the Lord your God,
    and him only shall you serve.’”





9 And he took him to Jerusalem and set him on the pinnacle of the temple and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here, 10 for it is written,





“‘He will command his angels concerning you,
    to guard you’,





11 and





“‘On their hands they will bear you up,
    lest you strike your foot against a stone.’”





12 And Jesus answered him, “It is said, ‘You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.’” 13 And when the devil had ended every temptation, he departed from him until an opportune time.





14 And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and a report about him went out through all the surrounding country. 15 And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified by all.





16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. And as was his custom, he went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and he stood up to read.17 And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written,





18 “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
    because he has anointed me
    to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives
    and recovering of sight to the blind,
    to set at liberty those who are oppressed,
19 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favour.”





20 And he rolled up the scroll and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him. 21 And he began to say to them, “Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.”





The Right Rev. Dr. Jon I. “Jack” Lumanog is an Anglican Bishop in good standing with the Apostolic Communion of Anglican Churches and the leader of The Anglican Diocese of St. Ignatius Loyola, overseeing clergy and congregations in the United States, South Asia, Africa and Southeast Asia. A pastor and evangelist at heart, Dr. Jack Lumanog has planted, revitalized and led churches, traveling extensively around the world to share the life-changing message of Jesus Christ.  He served as a denominational leader for eight years, providing executive-level oversight for more than 1,000 congregations in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

Dr. Lumanog is currently pursuing post-graduate studies in Management at Harvard University through the Harvard Extension School.  He is an accomplished corporate strategist with extensive experience leading high-impact clinical projects for a Fortune 20 healthcare company.






	


				
	






	
	

		
Bishop Jack Lumanog – “How long, O Lord?”
	


	
					

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I am in lament. Truly in lament over what has been happening at an astonishing rate in America that I can hardly keep up with the incidents and names of unarmed African Americans who are being killed. Enough is enough. 





I am a person of color as an Asian American. But I don’t believe my experience even comes close to what my black brothers and sisters have to fear everyday for their own safety. 





I have been asked by leading black archbishops on how to respond and I will add my voice and my strength to this movement. 





For now, I cry out to the Lord using the words of Psalm 13:1-2 …





“How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? How long must I take counsel in my soul and have sorrow in my heart all the day? How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?”





The Right Rev. Dr. Jon I. “Jack” Lumanog is an Anglican Bishop in good standing with the Apostolic Communion of Anglican Churches and the leader of The Anglican Diocese of St. Ignatius Loyola, overseeing clergy and congregations in the United States, South Asia, Africa and Southeast Asia. A pastor and evangelist at heart, Dr. Jack Lumanog has planted, revitalized and led churches, traveling extensively around the world to share the life-changing message of Jesus Christ.  He served as a denominational leader for eight years, providing executive-level oversight for more than 1,000 congregations in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

Dr. Lumanog is currently pursuing post-graduate studies in Management at Harvard University through the Harvard Extension School.  He is an accomplished corporate strategist with extensive experience leading high-impact clinical projects for a Fortune 20 healthcare company.






	


				
	






	
	

		
Bishop Jack Lumanog – sermon for the 7th Sunday of Easter
	


	
					

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Acts 1:1-14





1 In the first book, O Theophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach, 2 until the day when he was taken up, after he had given commands through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. 3 He presented himself alive to them after his suffering by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God. 4 And while staying with them he ordered them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, he said, “you heard from me; 5 for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.” 6 So when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?” 7 He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority. 8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” 9 And when he had said these things, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight. 10 And while they were gazing into heaven as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white robes, 11 and said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.” 12 Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day’s journey away. 13 And when they had entered, they went up to the upper room, where they were staying, Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot and Judas the son of James. 14 All these with one accord were devoting themselves to prayer, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.





Collect of the Day





O God, you have prepared for those who love you such good things as surpass our understanding: Pour into our hearts such love towards you, that we, loving you in all things and above all things, may obtain your promises, which exceed all that we can desire; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.





The Right Rev. Dr. Jon I. “Jack” Lumanog is an Anglican Bishop in good standing with the Apostolic Communion of Anglican Churches and the leader of The Anglican Diocese of St. Ignatius Loyola, overseeing clergy and congregations in the United States, South Asia, Africa and Southeast Asia. A pastor and evangelist at heart, Dr. Jack Lumanog has planted, revitalized and led churches, traveling extensively around the world to share the life-changing message of Jesus Christ.  He served as a denominational leader for eight years, providing executive-level oversight for more than 1,000 congregations in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

Dr. Lumanog is currently pursuing post-graduate studies in Management at Harvard University through the Harvard Extension School.  He is an accomplished corporate strategist with extensive experience leading high-impact clinical projects for a Fortune 20 healthcare company.






	


				
	






	
	

		
Bishop Jack Lumanog – sermon for the 6th Sunday of Easter
	


	
					

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John 15:1-8





Jesus said, “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinegrower. He removes every branch in me that bears no fruit. Every branch that bears fruit he prunes to make it bear more fruit. You have already been cleansed by the word that I have spoken to you. Abide in me as I abide in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine, neither can you unless you abide in me. I am the vine, you are the branches. Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing. Whoever does not abide in me is thrown away like a branch and withers; such branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned. If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask for whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit and become my disciples.”





Collect of the Day





O God, you have prepared for those who love you such good things as surpass our understanding: Pour into our hearts such love towards you, that we, loving you in all things and above all things, may obtain your promises, which exceed all that we can desire; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.





The Right Rev. Dr. Jon I. “Jack” Lumanog is an Anglican Bishop in good standing with the Apostolic Communion of Anglican Churches and the leader of The Anglican Diocese of St. Ignatius Loyola, overseeing clergy and congregations in the United States, South Asia, Africa and Southeast Asia. A pastor and evangelist at heart, Dr. Jack Lumanog has planted, revitalized and led churches, traveling extensively around the world to share the life-changing message of Jesus Christ.  He served as a denominational leader for eight years, providing executive-level oversight for more than 1,000 congregations in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

Dr. Lumanog is currently pursuing post-graduate studies in Management at Harvard University through the Harvard Extension School.  He is an accomplished corporate strategist with extensive experience leading high-impact clinical projects for a Fortune 20 healthcare company.






	


				
	






	
	

		
Bishop Jack Lumanog: ordained and consecrated an Anglican Bishop
	


	
					

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A little over a year ago (27 April 2019), I was ordained and consecrated as an Anglican Bishop in the historic Apostolic succession according to the Rite of the 1928 Book of Common Prayer. 





And to honor the African American and charismatic / Pentecostal streams of Christianity that has formed much of my ministry, it was a privilege to have Archbishop Darel Chase, Ph.D. as my chief consecrator.  Since this is such a small world we live in, we are both martial arts masters and both raised and formed spiritually in the Diocese of Newark, New Jersey!










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The Right Rev. Dr. Jon I. “Jack” Lumanog is an Anglican Bishop in good standing with the Apostolic Communion of Anglican Churches and the leader of The Anglican Diocese of St. Ignatius Loyola, overseeing clergy and congregations in the United States, South Asia, Africa and Southeast Asia. A pastor and evangelist at heart, Dr. Jack Lumanog has planted, revitalized and led churches, traveling extensively around the world to share the life-changing message of Jesus Christ.  He served as a denominational leader for eight years, providing executive-level oversight for more than 1,000 congregations in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

Dr. Lumanog is currently pursuing post-graduate studies in Management at Harvard University through the Harvard Extension School.  He is an accomplished corporate strategist with extensive experience leading high-impact clinical projects for a Fortune 20 healthcare company.











	


				
	






	
	

		
Bishop Jack Lumanog – pray for those working in our health services
	


	
					

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We pray today for all those suffering from COVID-19, and especially today in this time of increased pressure, for all those working in our health services.










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The Right Rev. Dr. Jon I. “Jack” Lumanog is an Anglican Bishop in good standing with the Apostolic Communion of Anglican Churches and the leader of The Anglican Diocese of St. Ignatius Loyola, overseeing clergy and congregations in the United States, South Asia, Africa and Southeast Asia. A pastor and evangelist at heart, Dr. Jack Lumanog has planted, revitalized and led churches, traveling extensively around the world to share the life-changing message of Jesus Christ.  He served as a denominational leader for eight years, providing executive-level oversight for more than 1,000 congregations in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

Dr. Lumanog is currently pursuing post-graduate studies in Management at Harvard University through the Harvard Extension School.  He is an accomplished corporate strategist with extensive experience leading high-impact clinical projects for a Fortune 20 healthcare company.






	


				
	






	
	

		
Bishop Jack Lumanog – What do Ahmaud Arbery, Trayvon Martin and Jordan Davis have in common?
	


	
					

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Ahmaud Arbery
(Photo from Reuters)





74 days.  It took 74 days before two men were arrested for chasing down and then gunning down an unarmed African American man.  This happened in Brunswick, Georgia — 4 hours away from where I live in Atlanta.





Ahmaud Arbery was killed on 23 February 2020 around 1pm.  And after the killing, the two men were questioned by police and were allowed to go home.  Gregory McMichael, 64, and Travis McMichael, 34, were arrested 74 days later for the killing.





The massive delay between the killing and the arrests is not because the authorities hadn’t seen the video of the last moments of Ahmaud Arbery.  But because the world had seen the video of the last moments of Ahmaud Arbery.





The two men chased down Ahmaud Arbery because they suspected him of a burglary and intended to perform a citizen’s arrest according to their accounts.  One of the two accused killers was formerly a policeman from 1982-1989 — but not at the time of the incident.  





So here we have a case where two armed, white civilians, a father and son, carrying out mob justice where they are police, judge, jury and executioner.  And we are hearing about this incident from 23 February in early May.  Because a video finally surfaced of the incident and gave the world a look at this horrific injustice.





Trayvon Martin
(AP Photo/HO, Martin Family Photos)





I can’t help but think about 17 year old Trayvon Martin – killed by George Zimmerman on 26 February 2012 in Sanford, Florida – nearly 8 years ago from this killing of Ahmaud Arbery.  George Zimmerman was tried for the murder but he was acquitted after a sensational trial where some of my friends became armchair defense attorneys with their talking points from Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh.  Sadly, I had leaders I was working with in the ACNA at the time defending George Zimmerman since he was acting in self defense with the Florida “Stand Your Ground Law.”  Unbelievable.  





Jordan Davis
(Photo from Twitter)





And then there was Jordan Davis.  Another unarmed 17 year old killed.  This time in Jacksonville, Florida on 23 November 2012.  He was shot to death because a 45 year old white over an argument over loud music being played at a gas station.  Michael Dunn was arrested and convicted of first degree murder of Jordan Davis in a second trial.  3 of Jordan Davis’s friends were also shot in the hail of gunfire rained down from Michael Dunn and he was convicted of 3 counts of attempted second degree murder.  Dunn is serving a life sentence for the killing of Jordan Davis.





Ahmaud Arbery, Trayvon Martin and Jordan Davis.  What do they have in common?  These are three unarmed, African American men who should still be alive today.  They were shot and killed for not obeying the orders of armed, civilian white men.  





Ahmaud Arbery did not stop after being chased down by an armed self-deputized father and son team who suspected him of committing a burglary.  Killed for running while black.





Trayvon Martin did not obey the orders of armed neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman.  Killed for walking while black.





Jordan Davis did not turn down the music as ordered by Michael Dunn.  Killed for listening to music while black.  And 3 of Jordan Davis’s friends shot for listening to music while black.





Underneath it all in the killings of Ahmaud Arbery, Trayvon Martin and Jordan Davis is white supremacy writ large.  Or white privilege that says it’s okay to execute another human being because they did not obey your order as a white man.





This is unacceptable.  





O God, make speed to save us.
O Lord, make haste to help us. 
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. 
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.





The Right Rev. Dr. Jon I. “Jack” Lumanog is an Anglican Bishop in good standing with the Apostolic Communion of Anglican Churches and the leader of The Anglican Diocese of St. Ignatius Loyola, overseeing clergy and congregations in the United States, South Asia, Africa and Southeast Asia. A pastor and evangelist at heart, Dr. Jack Lumanog has planted, revitalized and led churches, traveling extensively around the world to share the life-changing message of Jesus Christ.  He served as a denominational leader for eight years, providing executive-level oversight for more than 1,000 congregations in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

Dr. Lumanog is currently pursuing post-graduate studies in Management at Harvard University through the Harvard Extension School.  He is an accomplished corporate strategist with extensive experience leading high-impact clinical projects for a Fortune 20 healthcare company.






	


				
	






	
	

		
The Anglican Diocese of St. Ignatius Loyola is on Twitter!
	


	
					

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The Anglican Diocese of St. Ignatius Loyola is on Twitter. Be sure to follow @AnglicanAMDG or go to the link:





http://twitter.com/AnglicanAMDG





Bishop Jack Lumanog on a visit to Cornerstone Anglican Church in Atlanta, GA.





The Right Rev. Dr. Jon I. “Jack” Lumanog is an Anglican Bishop in good standing with the Apostolic Communion of Anglican Churches and the leader of The Anglican Diocese of St. Ignatius Loyola, overseeing clergy and congregations in the United States, South Asia, Africa and Southeast Asia. A pastor and evangelist at heart, Dr. Jack Lumanog has planted, revitalized and led churches, traveling extensively around the world to share the life-changing message of Jesus Christ.  He served as a denominational leader for eight years, providing executive-level oversight for more than 1,000 congregations in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

Dr. Lumanog is currently pursuing post-graduate studies in Management at Harvard University through the Harvard Extension School.  He is an accomplished corporate strategist with extensive experience leading high-impact clinical projects for a Fortune 20 healthcare company.






	


				
	






	
	

		
Call to prayer from Bishop Jack Lumanog – pray for our minority churches in the COVID-19 pandemic
	


	
					

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The Surgeon General has been seemingly sidelined from briefings for pointing out the racial disparity of COVID-19 exposure impacting minorities at a much higher rate. 





We are seeing this in the church where the Church of God in Christ is mourning the loss of senior leaders who have died from COVID-19. 





The First Assistant Presiding Bishop and at least 11 other bishops have died from COVID-19 according to news reports.





Lord, have mercy.





The Right Rev. Dr. Jon I. “Jack” Lumanog is an Anglican Bishop in good standing with the Apostolic Communion of Anglican Churches and the leader of The Anglican Diocese of St. Ignatius Loyola, overseeing clergy and congregations in the United States, South Asia, Africa and Southeast Asia. A pastor and evangelist at heart, Dr. Jack Lumanog has planted, revitalized and led churches, traveling extensively around the world to share the life-changing message of Jesus Christ.  He served as a denominational leader for eight years, providing executive-level oversight for more than 1,000 congregations in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

Dr. Lumanog is currently pursuing post-graduate studies in Management at Harvard University through the Harvard Extension School.  He is an accomplished corporate strategist with extensive experience leading high-impact clinical projects for a Fortune 20 healthcare company.

	


				
	






	
	

		
Holy Communion with Bishop Jack Lumanog During the Pandemic
	


	
					

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Even though it’s shelter in place, still celebrating Holy Communion on this Resurrection Sunday!










Almighty God, who through thine only-begotten Son Jesus Christ hast overcome death and opened unto us the gate of everlasting life: Grant that we, who celebrate with joy the day of the Lord’s resurrection, may be raised from the death of sin by thy life-giving Spirit; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the same Spirit ever, one God, world without end. Amen.





The Right Rev. Dr. Jon I. “Jack” Lumanog is an Anglican Bishop in good standing with the Apostolic Communion of Anglican Churches and the leader of The Anglican Diocese of St. Ignatius Loyola, overseeing clergy and congregations in the United States, South Asia, Africa and Southeast Asia. A pastor and evangelist at heart, Dr. Jack Lumanog has planted, revitalized and led churches, traveling extensively around the world to share the life-changing message of Jesus Christ. He served as a denominational leader for eight years, providing executive-level oversight for more than 1,000 congregations in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

Dr. Lumanog is currently pursuing post-graduate studies in Management at Harvard University through the Harvard Extension School. He is an accomplished corporate strategist with extensive experience leading high-impact clinical projects for a Fortune 20 healthcare company. 

	


				
	






	
	

		
Bishop Lumanog renews his ordination vows
	


			

			
On Maundy Thursday, I renewed my ordination vows via conference call with The Anglican Union for the Propagation of the Gospel. The Right Rev. Dr. Jon I. Lumanog is an accomplished Anglican Bishop, overseeing congregations internationally, and is currently studying Management at Harvard University while leading significant initiatives in healthcare.

		

	
					

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I renewed my ordination vows on this Maundy Thursday with brothers and sisters of The Anglican Union for the Propagation of the Gospel.





Not quite the same doing this solemn service by conference call, but it will do!















The Right Rev. Dr. Jon I. “Jack” Lumanog is an Anglican Bishop in good standing with the Apostolic Communion of Anglican Churches and the leader of The Anglican Diocese of St. Ignatius Loyola, overseeing clergy and congregations in the United States, South Asia, Africa and Southeast Asia. A pastor and evangelist at heart, Dr. Jack Lumanog has planted, revitalized and led churches, traveling extensively around the world to share the life-changing message of Jesus Christ. He served as a denominational leader for eight years, providing executive-level oversight for more than 1,000 congregations in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

Dr. Lumanog is currently pursuing post-graduate studies in Management at Harvard University through the Harvard Extension School. He is an accomplished corporate strategist with extensive experience leading high-impact clinical projects for a Fortune 20 healthcare company.

	


				
	






	
	

		
Join Bishop Jack Lumanog in prayer … in French!
	


	
					

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For my French speaking brothers and sisters, join me in prayer. Responses are on the screen if you don’t have a French Book of Common Prayer. 





Complies – Le Livre de la Prière Commune 1979 avec Mgr Jack Lumanog, Évêque du Diocèse Anglican de Saint Ignatius Loyola.














The Right Rev. Dr. Jon I. “Jack” Lumanog is an Anglican Bishop in good standing with the Apostolic Communion of Anglican Churches and the leader of The Anglican Diocese of St. Ignatius Loyola, overseeing clergy and congregations in the United States, South Asia, Africa and Southeast Asia. A pastor and evangelist at heart, Dr. Jack Lumanog has planted, revitalized and led churches, traveling extensively around the world to share the life-changing message of Jesus Christ. He served as a denominational leader for eight years, providing executive-level oversight for more than 1,000 congregations in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

Dr. Lumanog is currently pursuing post-graduate studies in Management at Harvard University through the Harvard Extension School. He is an accomplished corporate strategist with extensive experience leading high-impact clinical projects for a Fortune 20 healthcare company.






	


				
	






	
	

		
Bishop Jack Lumanog’s 20th anniversary of his Ordination as a Deacon
	


	
					

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Today is the 20th anniversary of my Ordination as a Deacon back in Kansas City. 





I have never felt particularly worthy, but God in His faithfulness has been so good to me in these 20 years.





O Lord my God, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof; yet you have called your servant to stand in your house, and to serve at your altar. To you and to your service I devote myself, body, soul, and spirit. Fill my memory with the record of your mighty works; enlighten my understanding with the light of your Holy Spirit; and may all the desires of my heart and will center in what you would have me do. Make me an instrument of your salvation for the people entrusted to my care, and grant that I may faithfully administer your holy Sacraments, and by my life and teaching set forth your true and living Word. Be always with me in carrying out the duties of my ministry. In prayer, quicken my devotion; in praises, heighten my love and gratitude; in preaching, give me readiness of thought and expression; and grant that, by the clearness and brightness of your holy Word, all the world may be drawn into your blessed kingdom. All this I ask for the sake of your Son our Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. 
(The Book of Common Prayer 1979, Celebration of New Ministry, page 562) 



































The Right Rev. Dr. Jon I. “Jack” Lumanog is an Anglican Bishop in good standing with the Apostolic Communion of Anglican Churches and the leader of The Anglican Diocese of St. Ignatius Loyola, overseeing clergy and congregations in the United States, South Asia, Africa and Southeast Asia. A pastor and evangelist at heart, Dr. Jack Lumanog has planted, revitalized and led churches, traveling extensively around the world to share the life-changing message of Jesus Christ. He served as a denominational leader for eight years, providing executive-level oversight for more than 1,000 congregations in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

Dr. Lumanog is currently pursuing post-graduate studies in Management at Harvard University through the Harvard Extension School. He is an accomplished corporate strategist with extensive experience leading high-impact clinical projects for a Fortune 20 healthcare company.

	


				
	






	
	

		
20th anniversary of the consecrations of Bishop Chuck Murphy and Bishop John Rodgers
	


			

			
Bishop Jack Lumanog reflects on the 20th anniversary of Bishops Chuck Murphy and John Rodgers’ consecration in Singapore, emphasizing their profound influence on his ministry and the Anglican community in North America. He expresses disappointment over insufficient recognition for Bishop Murphy’s pioneering contributions, despite their significant impact globally on orthodoxy.

		

	
					

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Bishop Jack Lumanog with Bishop John Rodgers





I am so very grateful for the witness of Bishop Chuck Murphy and Bishop John Rodgers.  20 years ago today, they were consecrated as Bishops in Singapore.  They have had an enormous impact on my life and ministry.  





As I have been blessed to be part of leading and shaping Anglicanism in North America for a season that has now passed, it is still a great sadness to me today that Bishop Chuck Murphy was not acknowledged more for his significant role as a pioneer in the movement.  Not while he lived in 2014 when other notable leaders were rightly honored for their service and certainly not acknowledged by the larger movements that grew out of the Anglican Mission in America once he went on to be with the Lord in 2018.  





For those who consider themselves to be orthodox Anglicans in North America, we stand on the shoulders of Bishops Murphy and Rodgers and those archbishops and bishops who risked so much in consecrating them to the episcopate – especially Archbishop Moses Tay of Southeast Asia and Archbishop Emmanuel Kolini of Rwanda.





“AMiA [Anglican Mission in America] not only epitomized the network approach to global accountability, it pushed the wider transnational orthodox movement in the same direction.” – Dr. Miranda Hassett, Anglican Communion in Crisis, writing about the Singapore consecrations in 2000.





Even though Dr. Hassett was not a fan of our work in the Anglican Mission in America, she still had to acknowledge the enormous impact of Bishop Chuck Murphy and Bishop John Rodgers.



































The Right Rev. Dr. Jon I “Jack” Lumanog is an Anglican Bishop in good standing with the Apostolic Communion of Anglican Churches and the leader of The Anglican Diocese of St. Ignatius Loyola. A pastor and evangelist at heart, Dr. Jack Lumanog has planted, revitalized and pastored churches, traveled internationally to teach pastors and church planters and was a denominational leader for 7 years with executive level oversight for over 1,000 congregations in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Additionally, Bishop Lumanog is an Associate Member of The Anglican Union for the Propagation of the Gospel, an international confraternity of oratories, which is under the patronage of seven bishops from the worldwide Anglican Communion.





The Right Rev. Dr. Jon I. “Jack” Lumanog is an Anglican Bishop in good standing with the Apostolic Communion of Anglican Churches and the leader of The Anglican Diocese of St. Ignatius Loyola, overseeing clergy and congregations in the United States, South Asia, Africa and Southeast Asia. A pastor and evangelist at heart, Dr. Jack Lumanog has planted, revitalized and led churches, traveling extensively around the world to share the life-changing message of Jesus Christ. He served as a denominational leader for eight years, providing executive-level oversight for more than 1,000 congregations in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

Dr. Lumanog is currently pursuing post-graduate studies in Management at Harvard University through the Harvard Extension School. He is an accomplished corporate strategist with extensive experience leading high-impact clinical projects for a Fortune 20 healthcare company.

	


				
	






	
	

		
Bishop Jack Lumanog at the 2020 Anglican Joint Synods
	


	
					

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Bishop Jack Lumanog attended the 2020 Anglican Joint Synods in Atlanta as an Observer.  He was joined at the closing banquet by Bishop Alphonse Vascaniat Ndutiye of the Diocese of Cameroon.





Also, he caught up with Father Gene Geromel of the Diocese of the Holy Cross.  Bishop Lumanog previously served as church planter and first rector of Christ the King Anglican Church in Lansing, Michigan near where Father Geromel still serves, St. Bartholomew’s Anglican Church in Swartz Creek, Michigan.





Bishop Jack Lumanog with Bishop Alphonse Vascaniat Ndutiye of the Diocese of Cameroon





Bishop Jack Lumanog with Father Gene Geromel, Rector of St. Bartholomew’s Anglican Church in Swartz Creek, Michigan





The Right Rev. Dr. Jon I. “Jack” Lumanog is an Anglican Bishop in good standing with the Apostolic Communion of Anglican Churches and the leader of The Anglican Diocese of St. Ignatius Loyola, overseeing clergy and congregations in the United States, South Asia, Africa and Southeast Asia. A pastor and evangelist at heart, Dr. Jack Lumanog has planted, revitalized and led churches, traveling extensively around the world to share the life-changing message of Jesus Christ. He served as a denominational leader for eight years, providing executive-level oversight for more than 1,000 congregations in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

Dr. Lumanog is currently pursuing post-graduate studies in Management at Harvard University through the Harvard Extension School. He is an accomplished corporate strategist with extensive experience leading high-impact clinical projects for a Fortune 20 healthcare company.






	


				
	






	
	

		
Bishop Jack Lumanog visits St. Barnabas Anglican Church in Atlanta, GA
	


	
					

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Such a blessing to worship at St. Barnabas Anglican Church in Atlanta and to meet with Bishop Chandler Jones (Bishop Coadjutor of the Anglican Province of America) on this glorious celebration of Christmas Day! 





Bishop Jack Lumanog with Bishop Chandler Jones (Bishop Coadjutor of the Anglican Province of America)





The Right Rev. Dr. Jon I. “Jack” Lumanog is an Anglican Bishop in good standing with the Apostolic Communion of Anglican Churches and the leader of The Anglican Diocese of St. Ignatius Loyola, overseeing clergy and congregations in the United States, South Asia, Africa and Southeast Asia. A pastor and evangelist at heart, Dr. Jack Lumanog has planted, revitalized and led churches, traveling extensively around the world to share the life-changing message of Jesus Christ. He served as a denominational leader for eight years, providing executive-level oversight for more than 1,000 congregations in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

Dr. Lumanog is currently pursuing post-graduate studies in Management at Harvard University through the Harvard Extension School. He is an accomplished corporate strategist with extensive experience leading high-impact clinical projects for a Fortune 20 healthcare company.

	


				
	






	
	

		
Bishop Jack Lumanog to GA Congressman Barry Loudermilk
	


	
					

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18 December 2019





Dear Congressman Barry Loudermilk,





Would you be willing to meet with a fellow Atlantan about your remarks comparing the impeachment of President Trump and Jesus’s trial before Pontius Pilate? 





As a Christian leader and a Georgian, I’d love to understand where you are coming from and share my heart with you on the matter.





I don’t even know where to begin with this comparison between President Trump and Jesus Christ.  The impeachment proceedings against the 45th president is not even close to our Lord and Savior’s last days of His earthly ministry.  Also, if the President is impeached by the House, he does not face crucifixion in the Senate. 





“Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.” – Psalm 20:7





Faithfully, in Christ,
The Right Rev. Dr. Jon I. Lumanog,
Bishop
The Apostolic Communion of Anglican Churches
The Anglican Diocese of St. Ignatius Loyola





The Right Rev. Dr. Jon I. “Jack” Lumanog is an Anglican Bishop in good standing with the Apostolic Communion of Anglican Churches and the leader of The Anglican Diocese of St. Ignatius Loyola, overseeing clergy and congregations in the United States, South Asia, Africa and Southeast Asia. A pastor and evangelist at heart, Dr. Jack Lumanog has planted, revitalized and led churches, traveling extensively around the world to share the life-changing message of Jesus Christ. He served as a denominational leader for eight years, providing executive-level oversight for more than 1,000 congregations in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

Dr. Lumanog is currently pursuing post-graduate studies in Management at Harvard University through the Harvard Extension School. He is an accomplished corporate strategist with extensive experience leading high-impact clinical projects for a Fortune 20 healthcare company.











	


				
	






	
	

		
Bishop Jack Lumanog – “it’s not *always* the most wonderful time of the year”
	


	
					

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The Blue Mass at The Cathedral of St. Philip’s in Atlanta.  Photo:  Bishop Jack Lumanog





Can I be honest?  Christmas is not the most wonderful time of the year for me.  No matter what the song says.  





Am I denying the gift of the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ?  Absolutely not.





But, the stress and pressure of the time of the year.  The shopping.  The lists.  The expectations.  And on top of all of that, for me, it’s the grief.  





“Grief that is not transformed is transmitted.” – Father Bill Harkins at the Blue Mass.





I’m so glad I went to the Blue Mass.  The contemplative liturgy and carols in St. Mary Chapel was just what I needed to get some perspective about my pain and grief in this holy season.  















The Right Rev. Dr. Jon I. “Jack” Lumanog is an Anglican Bishop in good standing with the Apostolic Communion of Anglican Churches and the leader of The Anglican Diocese of St. Ignatius Loyola, overseeing clergy and congregations in the United States, South Asia, Africa and Southeast Asia. A pastor and evangelist at heart, Dr. Jack Lumanog has planted, revitalized and led churches, traveling extensively around the world to share the life-changing message of Jesus Christ. He served as a denominational leader for eight years, providing executive-level oversight for more than 1,000 congregations in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

Dr. Lumanog is currently pursuing post-graduate studies in Management at Harvard University through the Harvard Extension School. He is an accomplished corporate strategist with extensive experience leading high-impact clinical projects for a Fortune 20 healthcare company.

	


				
	






	
	

		
Anglican Cycle of Prayer: Church of South India
	


	
					

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‪Today in the Anglican Communion’s cycle of prayer, we pray for the Church of South India. 





This was from being welcomed on my most recent visit to Hyderabad, India.




















The Right Rev. Dr. Jon I. “Jack” Lumanog is an Anglican Bishop in good standing with the Apostolic Communion of Anglican Churches and the leader of The Anglican Diocese of St. Ignatius Loyola, overseeing clergy and congregations in the United States, South Asia, Africa and Southeast Asia. A pastor and evangelist at heart, Dr. Jack Lumanog has planted, revitalized and led churches, traveling extensively around the world to share the life-changing message of Jesus Christ. He served as a denominational leader for eight years, providing executive-level oversight for more than 1,000 congregations in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

Dr. Lumanog is currently pursuing post-graduate studies in Management at Harvard University through the Harvard Extension School. He is an accomplished corporate strategist with extensive experience leading high-impact clinical projects for a Fortune 20 healthcare company.

	


				
	






	
	

		
Ordination and Consecration of Anglican Bishop Jon Lumanog
	


			

			
On April 27, 2019, Dr. Jon Ignatius Lumanog was ordained as an Anglican Bishop in Louisville, Kentucky, under the 1928 Book of Common Prayer. Consecrated by Archbishop Darel Chase and assisted by Bishops Johnston and Williams, he currently leads The Anglican Diocese of St. Ignatius Loyola and has extensive pastoral experience.

		

	
					

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On 27 April 2019, The Venerable Canon Dr. Jon Ignatius Lumanog was ordained and consecrated as an Anglican Bishop according to the Rite of the 1928 Book of Common Prayer (“The Form of Ordaining or Consecrating a Bishop,” 1928 BCP, page 547).

The chief consecrator, Archbishop Darel Chase, was assisted by Bishop John Johnston and Bishop Norman Williams as Bishop Lumanog was consecrated into historic apostolic succession through the Apostolic Communion of Anglican Churches.





Click here the following link for the complete Apostolic Record of The Right Rev. Dr. Jon Ignatius Lumanog.





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The Right Reverend Jon Ignatius Lumanog ordained and consecrated as an Anglican Bishop on 27 April 2019 in Louisville, Kentucky.





The Right Rev. Dr. Jon I. “Jack” Lumanog is an Anglican Bishop in good standing with the Apostolic Communion of Anglican Churches and the leader of The Anglican Diocese of St. Ignatius Loyola, overseeing clergy and congregations in the United States, South Asia, Africa and Southeast Asia. A pastor and evangelist at heart, Dr. Jack Lumanog has planted, revitalized and led churches, traveling extensively around the world to share the life-changing message of Jesus Christ. He served as a denominational leader for eight years, providing executive-level oversight for more than 1,000 congregations in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

Dr. Lumanog is currently pursuing post-graduate studies in Management at Harvard University through the Harvard Extension School. He is an accomplished corporate strategist with extensive experience leading high-impact clinical projects for a Fortune 20 healthcare company.






	


				
	






	
	

		
Bishop-elect Jack Lumanog serving at Habitat for Humanity project in Atlanta
	


			

			
Bishop-elect Jack Lumanog participated in a Habitat for Humanity project in Atlanta, assisting with painting despite lacking construction skills. He is an Anglican bishop overseeing global clergy, a church planting leader, and currently studying Management at Harvard. Lumanog has extensive experience in church leadership and corporate strategy in healthcare.

		

	
					

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Bishop-elect Jack Lumanog up bright and early to help with the painting crew at a Habitat for Humanity building project in Atlanta, GA










Bishop-elect Jack Lumanog was part of a Habitat for Humanity building project in his Atlanta neighborhood in partnership with local churches.  





Even though he is not at all “handy” when it comes to construction projects, he was put to work on painting edging and trim for accent pieces!  





The Right Rev. Dr. Jon I. “Jack” Lumanog is an Anglican Bishop in good standing with the Apostolic Communion of Anglican Churches and the leader of The Anglican Diocese of St. Ignatius Loyola, overseeing clergy and congregations in the United States, South Asia, Africa and Southeast Asia. A pastor and evangelist at heart, Dr. Jack Lumanog has planted, revitalized and led churches, traveling extensively around the world to share the life-changing message of Jesus Christ. He served as a denominational leader for eight years, providing executive-level oversight for more than 1,000 congregations in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

Dr. Lumanog is currently pursuing post-graduate studies in Management at Harvard University through the Harvard Extension School. He is an accomplished corporate strategist with extensive experience leading high-impact clinical projects for a Fortune 20 healthcare company.

	


				
	






	
	

		
Bishop-elect Jack Lumanog on Archbishop Thomas Cranmer
	


	
					

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Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop and Martyr










Thomas Cranmer was one of the leaders of the English Reformation and was primarily responsible for the first Book of Common Prayers, 1549 and 1552.





During the reign of Edward VI, Cranmer was able to make great progress in reforming the doctrine, and practice of the Church. When Edward died he subscribed to the dying King’s will that succession should go to Lady Jane Grey. For this action and for his many reforms, he was arrested and imprisoned.





Cranmer wrote two recantations but in the end he denied his recantations, and died a hero of the reformation, saying, “Forasmuch as my hand offended in writing contrary to my heart, there my hand shall first be punished; for if I may come to the fire, it shall first be burned.” He was burned at the stake on 21 March 1556.





Merciful God, who through the work of Thomas Cranmer didst renew the worship of thy Church by restoring the language of the people, and through whose death didst reveal thy power in human weakness: Grant that by thy grace we may always worship thee in spirit and in truth; through Jesus Christ, our only Mediator and Advocate, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.










The Right Rev. Dr. Jon I. “Jack” Lumanog is an Anglican Bishop in good standing with the Apostolic Communion of Anglican Churches and the leader of The Anglican Diocese of St. Ignatius Loyola, overseeing clergy and congregations in the United States, South Asia, Africa and Southeast Asia. A pastor and evangelist at heart, Dr. Jack Lumanog has planted, revitalized and led churches, traveling extensively around the world to share the life-changing message of Jesus Christ. He served as a denominational leader for eight years, providing executive-level oversight for more than 1,000 congregations in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

Dr. Lumanog is currently pursuing post-graduate studies in Management at Harvard University through the Harvard Extension School. He is an accomplished corporate strategist with extensive experience leading high-impact clinical projects for a Fortune 20 healthcare company.






	


				
	






	
	

		
Remembering Bishop Edward Salmon: A Legacy of Service
	


			

			
Bishop Edward L. Salmon, Jr. served as the 13th Bishop of the Diocese of South Carolina from 1990 to 2008 and passed away on June 29, 2016, after battling cancer. He held various academic and pastoral positions, receiving South Carolina’s highest civilian honor in 2007. Bishop Jon I. Lumanog leads the Anglican Diocese of St. Ignatius Loyola and is actively involved in church planting and revitalization.

		

	
					

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Bishop Jack Lumanog and Bishop Ed Salmon (center) and Archbishop Bob Duncan





The Rt. Rev. Edward L. Salmon, Jr. 
January 30, 1934 – June 29, 2016





Please keep the family the Rt. Rev. Edward L. Salmon, Jr. in your prayers. Bishop Salmon, who from 1990 – 2008 served as the 13th Bishop of the Diocese of South Carolina, died on Wednesday, June 29, 2016 following a battle with cancer.





Bishop Salmon was the 19th Dean and President of Nashotah House from 2008 – 2012; He had served as the President of the Anglican Digest. He received the Order of the Palmetto, South Carolina’s highest civilian honor in 2007.





His pastoral ministry included tenures in numerous churches including All Saints, Chevy Chase, MD, 2010-2012; St. Michael and St George, St. Louis, MO 1978-2000; St. Paul’s, Fayettesville, AR 1967-1978; St. Andrew’s, Rogers, AR 1960-1963; St. James, Eureka Springs, AR 1960-1963; St. Thomas, Springdale, AR 1960-1963.





He was ordained to the diaconate June 24, 1960 and ordained to the priesthood March 1, 1961.





He received is BA from the University of the South; his BD from Virginia Theological Seminary; DD degrees from Nashotah House, the University of the South and Virginia Theological Seminary.





“Happy are those who die in the Lord, even so says the Spirit, for they rest from their labors.”










The Right Rev. Dr. Jon I. “Jack” Lumanog is an Anglican Bishop in good standing with the Apostolic Communion of Anglican Churches and the leader of The Anglican Diocese of St. Ignatius Loyola, overseeing clergy and congregations in the United States, South Asia, Africa and Southeast Asia. A pastor and evangelist at heart, Dr. Jack Lumanog has planted, revitalized and led churches, traveling extensively around the world to share the life-changing message of Jesus Christ. He served as a denominational leader for eight years, providing executive-level oversight for more than 1,000 congregations in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

Dr. Lumanog is currently pursuing post-graduate studies in Management at Harvard University through the Harvard Extension School. He is an accomplished corporate strategist with extensive experience leading high-impact clinical projects for a Fortune 20 healthcare company.