THE REV. CANON JOSÉ McLOUGHLIN ELECTED AS SEVENTH BISHOP of WNC

From Western North Carolina-

On June 25, the Rev. Canon José A. McLoughlin was elected as the seventh bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Western North Carolina. During a special Electing Convention at Trinity Episcopal Church in Asheville, the Rev. Canon McLoughlin was chosen from among four final candidates to lead the Episcopal Church in Western North Carolina, representing 15,000 members in 63 year-round congregations, six summer chapels and two conference centers.

McLoughlin will join the diocese in September and will be consecrated as bishop on October 1. He replaces the Rt. Rev. G. Porter Taylor, the sixth bishop of the diocese, who was consecrated as bishop in 2004.

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