Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Four priests in the running to become next bishop


From Western New York-

An Amherst rector and three other Episcopal priests from out of state have been nominated to become the 11th bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Buffalo, diocesan officials announced Monday.

The Rev. Canon Barbara J. Price, rector of St. Peter's Church on Longmeadow Road in Amherst since 2000, is among the nominees to succeed Bishop J. Michael Garrison, who is set to retire in 2011.

The other nominees are: the Rev. Michael N. Ambler Jr., rector of Grace Episcopal Church in Bath, Maine; the Rev. Canon Michael A. Bamberger, rector of Episcopal Church of the Ascension in Sierra Madre, Calif.; and the Rev. R. William Franklin, senior associate priest at St. Mark's Church in Philadelphia.

An election will be held Nov. 20 during a special convention-to-elect meeting of the diocese at St. Paul's Cathedral.

More here-

http://www.buffalonews.com/city/article102918.ece

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