Rt. Rev. John McKee Sloan to become Alabama Episcopal bishop

From Alabama-

The Episcopal church in Alabama is getting a new bishop.

The Rt. Rev. John McKee Sloan will be invested as the state's 11th Episcopal bishop on Jan. 7 in Birmingham. The 56-year-old Sloan will replace the Rt. Rev. Henry N. Parsley Jr., who is retiring.

Sloan will serve as chief priest and pastor to the Diocese of Alabama. That includes 90 congregations with more than 32,000 members in north and central Alabama.

Sloan who has served as Alabama's suffragan bishop since January 2008. Before that, Sloan served 14 years as rector of St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Huntsville.

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