The Rev. Whayne Hougland, Jr., was elected at a special electing convention May 18 to be the ninth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Western Michigan.
Hougland, currently rector of St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Salisbury, N.C., was elected on the eighth ballot out of a field of four candidates. To be elected, a candidate must have received a majority of the votes in both the lay order and the clergy order. He received 87 of 139 votes cast in the lay order and 34 of 65 votes cast in the clergy order.
Under Episcopal Church canons, the election of a bishop requires the consent from a majority of bishops with jurisdiction and standing committees of the Episcopal Church. Assuming that consent is received, The Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori, presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, will consecrate Hougland as the ninth bishop of Western Michigan on Sept. 28 at the Van Noord Arena on the campus of Calvin College in Grand Rapids.
The election, which was held at Grace Church in Grand Rapids, followed a year-long search process.
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