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Episcopal Bishop Tony Palmer is dead. He was involved in a motorcycle accident in Great Britain
on Sunday. Rev. Palmer was rushed to a hospital where he underwent surgery for hours. He died
from complications caused by the injuries.
He was an ordained bishop in the Communion of Evangelical Episcopal Churches. The breakaway
group is not officially aligned with the Anglican Communion. He maintained an online religious site
called The Ark Community.
Born in South Africa, Rev. Palmer was the manager of the Kenneth Copeland Ministries office in
that country. Married to an Italian Roman Catholic woman, Rev. Palmer left his employment with
KCM and moved to Italy where he started an ecumenical ministry to connect Protestant Christians
with Roman Catholic Christians. He told Trunews in a radio interview that Kenneth Copeland
Ministries was his first financial supporter.
Bishop Palmer made global news earlier this year when he met privately with Pope Francis in
Rome. The Roman Pontiff recorded on Bishop Palmers iPhone a personal message to Rev.
Kenneth Copeland. He appealed for unity among Protestants and Roman Catholics. Mr. Copeland
showed the video to a large gathering of pastors at his annual conference held at the Eagle
Mountain International Church near Fort Worth, TX.
Kenneth Copeland, James Robison, and a delegation of prominent American Protestant ministers
traveled to Rome last month to meet with Pope Francis.
Referring to the Reformation, Bishop Palmer often said, Luthers protest is over. Is yours?
Archbishop Charles Hill, presiding prelate at Ambassadors for Christ Ministries of America in
Atlanta, posted on his Facebook page:
We are in prayer for the family of Bishop Tony Palmer who was in a motorcycle accident this
morning in the U.K. after hours of surgery he went home to be with the Lord. He was a good friend
and brother in the vineyard.
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