for dowfart of the year.

This year’s runner up:
Bishop Michael Bird for his burgeoning Napoleon complex and for persistently suing the pants off anyone who gets in his way.

And the prize goes to:
Archbishop Fred Hiltz for giving –

“a continued commitment to the greatest extent possible to the three moratoria — on the blessing of same-sex unions, on the ordination to the episcopate of people in same-sex relationships and on cross-border interventions — until General Synod 2010.”

While simultaneously cheering on the dioceses of Ottawa, Montreal, New Westminster and Niagara for proceeding with same-sex blessings. And all done with aplomb and no hint of shame or embarrassment.

Honourable mentions:

• Rev. Ephraim Radner for his ability to use so many words to say so little.
• Bishop Cyrus Vance for trying to keep a roster of traitors.
• The whole diocese of Niagara for ruining “Amazing Grace” for everyone.
• Bishop Michael Ingham for trying to get rid of the most famous evangelical theologian alive today.
• Archbishop Rowan Williams for proposing Sharia law in the UK while being unable to maintain any order whatsoever in the church he is pretending to run. Yes, I know he’s not Canadian, but I’m being inclusive.
• Everyone at the ACI for changing the word “trajectory” into a theological term and then overusing it to the point of wearing it out.