Cyrus Clement James Pitman (born March 24, 1944) is the former

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. Pitman was educated at the

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in 1967, he served at

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, Flower's Cove,

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, and

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before becoming

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of Avalon in 2002. He was appointed as new Bishop of Estern Newfoundland and Labrador in 2004, succeeding Don Harvey; he retired in November 2013. In 2023 he relinquished his positions in the

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and joined the Anglican Network in Canada (ANiC), which is an Anglican realignment diocese of the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA), where Pitman is working in the homelessness ministry of the

Anglican Church of the Good Samaritan The Anglican Church of the Good Samaritan is an Anglican church in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Founded in 2008, it is a member of the Anglican Network in Canada, which separated from the Anglican Church of Canada. Since 2022, ...

. According to news reports, the decision came as a surprise to Newfoundland Anglicans, since Pitman had been well-known for his liberal positions in the past, such as supporting

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1944 births Memorial University of Newfoundland alumni Anglican bishops of Eastern Newfoundland and Labrador Anglican Church of Canada archdeacons 21st-century Anglican Church of Canada bishops Living people {{Canada-Anglican-bishop-stub