From Episcopal Life Online-
Bishops-elect in the dioceses of Los Angeles, Louisiana and Upper South Carolina have received the required consent of the wider church for their ordinations and consecrations.
Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori's office March 8 announced successful consent processes for the Rev. Canon Diane Jardine Bruce of Los Angeles, the Very Rev. Morris K. Thompson of Louisiana and the Rev. W. Andrew Waldo of Upper South Carolina.
Bruce was elected bishop suffragan on Dec. 4. Her ordination and consecration is planned for May 15.
Thompson was elected 11th bishop of the Diocese of Louisiana on Dec. 5 and his ordination and consecration is set for May 7.
Waldo was elected eighth bishop of the Diocese of Upper South Carolina Dec. 12, 2009. His ordination and consecration is slated for May 22.
Jefferts Schori will be the chief consecrator in each instance, according to news releases due to be posted here.
Under the canons of the Episcopal Church (III.11.4), a majority of bishops exercising jurisdiction and diocesan standing committees must consent to a bishop-elect's ordination as bishop within 120 days of receiving notice of the election.
The consent process for the Rev. Canon Mary Glasspool, who was elected the day after Bruce as a second bishop suffragan in Los Angeles, has not yet been completed. The diocese said March 3 that Glasspool had received 55 of the 56 standing committee consents needed. That information is unofficial, pending verification by the presiding bishop's office. There is no official information about the number of bishops with jurisdiction who have consented to Glasspool's ordination and consecration, which is also scheduled for May 15. The 120-day process for Glasspool lasts until May 8 and the diocese has been updating the process each Wednesday on its website here.
More here-
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_120144_ENG_HTM.htm
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