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Hiltz was ordained a deacon on 3 June 1977 and a priest on 29 June 1979. He served in a number of parishes within the
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Christmas message with the National Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, carrying into greater fulfillment past declarations of Anglican–Lutheran solidarity. In October 2009, he was reportedly dismayed by Pope
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Hiltz has described his hobbies as the care of animals (two
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In 2017, Hiltz issued a strongly-worded rebuke entitled "There was nothing good: An open letter to
Canadian Senator Lynn Beyak" who had stated that Canadians ignore the "abundance of good" that happened in residential schools.
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