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- ↑ Churches not ‘in the Communion’, at anglicansonline.org, retrieved on September 14, 2006
- ↑ Needham, Nancy Kinsey (2000-04-22). "Rev. Hammond to Become Bishop". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2022-06-16.
- ↑ "A Special Message". www.cascadiadiocese.org. Retrieved 2022-06-16.
- ↑ Net Ministries website, Diocese of the Great Lakes
- ↑ History of St. George's Anglican Church Archived 2006-10-30 at the Wayback Machine , retrieved on September 14, 2006
