From Ft. Worth ENS-
Delegates to the 27th annual convention meeting of the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth, Nov. 13-14 will be asked to elect their next provisional bishop, to succeed the Rt. Rev. Edwin F. (Ted) Gulick Jr.
The Rt. Rev. C. Wallis Ohl, retired bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Northwest Texas is the candidate, according to diocesan communications director Katie Sherrod.
Convention business will also include consideration of changes to diocesan constitution and canons, various resolutions, budget approval as well as election of leadership to diocesan offices.
Ohl retired from Northwest Texas on January 1, 2009 and lives in Norman, Oklahoma. He was selected by the diocesan Standing Committee in consultation with Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori.
He was elected bishop of Northwest Texas in February 1997. At that time he was rector of St. Michael the Archangel in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
The Rev. Fred Barber, Standing Committee chair, wrote to the diocese in a Nov. 1 letter that several other candidates for provisional bishop had been considered and "after study, prayer, and consultation with the Presiding Bishop's office, it was the opinion of the Standing Committee that Bishop Ohl would best serve the needs of the diocese at this time. It was also the opinion of the committee that this was God's choice for our diocese. However, the final decision rests with the Diocesan Convention."
If elected by the Fort Worth convention, Ohl, 66, will assume the office of provisional bishop shortly after the November convention. He has agreed to serve for a period of one year, but will be available for at least an additional year of service. As provisional bishop, he will exercise the same authority as a normally elected bishop.
He will maintain an office and residence in Fort Worth, and spend about two weeks there each month. He will also maintain his retirement home in Oklahoma.
More here-
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_116276_ENG_HTM.htm
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