Nominees Announced to Succeed Episcopal Church's First Openly Gay Bishop

From Christian Post-

One of The Episcopal Church's most controversial bishops will soon be stepping down from his position and the three nominees for his seat have been announced.

The Rev. V. Gene Robinson, the first openly homosexual bishop to be ordained by The Episcopal Church, will be ending his term as Bishop of the Diocese of New Hampshire. On Thursday, the diocese announced the nominees for his position.

The nominees are the Rev. Penelope Maud Bridges of St. Francis Episcopal Church, Great Falls, Va.; the Rev. A. Robert Hirschfeld of Grace Episcopal Church, Amherst, Mass.; and the Rev. Dr. William Warwick Rich of Trinity Church, Boston, Mass.

Although none of them are from the New Hampshire Diocese, according to Rev. Adrian Robbins-Cole, president of the diocese's Standing Committee, this is normal.

"Sometimes there may be a nominee from within the diocese, but it is typical for clergy from all over the national Episcopal Church to be involved in a search process for a diocese," said Robbins-Cole in an interview with The Christian Post.

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