From North Carolina-The countdown is on for the consecration of a new Episcopal bishop Saturday. As in the past, the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina has opted to hold this colorful and significant event in the nearest thing to a Gothic cathedral North Carolina has to offer: the chapel at Duke University.
Episcopalians from across the diocese are expected to fill the 1,700-seat chapel for the 10 a.m. service. A total of up to 286 persons in that congregation will be from St. Luke’s Episcopal in Durham.
For the St. Luke’s congregation, Saturday is a personal celebration as they see their former rector, the Rev. Anne Hodges-Copple, consecrated as Bishop Suffragan. She has been associated with St. Luke’s for 28 years, 20 of them as its rector.
Her election in January was not the first time the Episcopal Diocese has looked to St. Luke’s for leadership. Back in 1994, the Rt. Rev. Robert Johnson, then rector at the church, was tapped for service as the 10th Bishop of North Carolina. Now retired, Bishop Johnson continues to live in Durham and is bishop-in-residence and rector emeritus at St. Luke’s.
More here-
http://www.thedurhamnews.com/2013/06/11/215840/hodges-copple-to-be-consecrated.html
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