Post-Gazette report on the convention in The Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh yesterday.
Tribune Review Report is the second link below-
Leaders of the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh that remained in the Episcopal Church after a majority of the diocese seceded, named retired Bishop Robert Hodges Johnson, formerly of the Diocese of Western North Carolina, to serve as its interim spiritual leader with limited powers.
"He is, we believe, the right person at the right time," the Rev. James Simons, president of the diocesan Standing Committee which governs the diocese, told a convention of 71 laity and 42 clergy yesterday at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Mt. Lebanon.
Bishop Johnson, who did not attend, is expected to arrive soon, and serve two weeks per month through July.
The announcement came at a special convention to elect new leaders to replace the many who voted Oct. 4 to realign with the more theologically conservative Anglican Province of the Southern Cone in South America. It represented 27 churches.
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08349/935122-85.stm
From the Trib
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/cityregion/s_602943.html
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