Bishop Michael Ingham is delighted to announce that the Right Reverend Greg Rickel, eighth Bishop of the Diocese of Olympia has accepted his invitation to be the Synod partner for the 2012 Synod of the Diocese of New Westminster scheduled for May 11 and 12, 2012. For an excellent biography of Bishop Greg please click the link. Our Archivist, Melanie Wallace pointed out that the Bishop of Olympia has been a synod visitor to the D of NW previously and the first time was in 1905, 107 years ago.