From Episcopal Life-
The Rev. Dr. Michael Louis Vono was elected April 24 as ninth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of the Rio Grande.
Vono, 61, rector of St. Paul's Within the Walls, Rome, Italy, was elected on the third ballot out of a field of six nominees. He received 150 votes of 189 cast in the lay order and 69 of 86 cast in the clergy order. An election on that ballot required 106 in the lay order and 64 in the clergy order.
The election was held in the context of worship during a special election convention at the Cathedral of St. John in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Vono will succeed Jeffrey Steenson, who announced in September 2007 that he was leaving the Episcopal Church to join the Roman Catholic Church. The Rt. Rev. William C. Frey, retired bishop of the Diocese of Colorado, has been serving Rio Grande as assisting bishop.
Vono has been rector of St. Paul's Within the Walls since 1992. During his tenure there, he also served for six years – three as president – on the council of advice to the bishop of the Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe and has been active in ecumenical and interfaith work. He was for 12 years president of the Anglo-American Medical Assistance Fund of Rome.
Previously he served in the Diocese of Western Massachusetts as rector of Christ Church, Rochdale, and curate at All Saints Church, Worcester. For the diocese, he was a congregational development consultant; a leader in ecumenical and interfaith work, including organizing a major social services outreach program; chair of the diocesan stewardship committee; and dean of the Central and West Worcester Deanery.
More here-
http://www.episcopal-life.org/79425_121849_ENG_HTM.htm
Voting results here-
http://www.dioceserg.org/bishop_search.php
No comments:
Post a Comment