Bishop Diana D. Akiyama: “He served his fellow bishops in his retirement by collecting our prayer requests and sharing them with the rest of the House of Bishops.”
While Warner served as bishop, conservatives at two parishes within the Seattle-based diocese praised how he responded to them amid their disagreements with him on sexuality.
“He was a theologian, teacher, and passionate advocate for the Pacific Islands amidst environmental and justice concerns,” Archbishop Linda Nicholls of Canada wrote via email in announcing his death on the evening of Easter Day.
The Rev. Allan Bevier Warren III, 15th rector of Boston’s Church of the Advent from 1999 to 2019, died in the early evening of Easter Sunday on the 51st anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood.
Colin Buchanan was one of the architects of the Church of England’s Alternative Services Book (1980), which was the first complete revision of the Book of Common Prayer since 1662.
