From The Post-Gazette-One thousand Episcopalians packed Calvary Episcopal Church Shadyside to consecrate and welcome their new shepherd, Bishop Dorsey McConnell.
Bishop McConnell, 58, is the first tenured bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh since its last one led a schism over theology and sexual ethics in 2008. Pittsburgh is the first of four such split dioceses to elect a new bishop. A fifth diocese, South Carolina, announced this week that it also would leave the Episcopal Church.
But the theme of Bishop McConnell's consecration was unity and bridge building. At one point the Yale-educated former actor played the part of a bridge-builder in a surprise skit set amid the Flood of 1936.
At the end of the service he told local officials present that he was grateful for anything that raised consciousness of the need for bridges.
"I want to thank the government of Allegheny County for closing the Squirrel Hill Tunnel in honor of this day," he said to shrieks of laughter and applause from the congregation.
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