Rector 'delighted' to stay: Evan Garner looks forward to serving St. Paul's

From Arkansas-

Evan Garner didn't get the job -- and, he says, he is "more than OK with it. I am delighted."

The Rev. Glenda Curry, rector of All Saints' Episcopal Church in Homewood and former president of Troy University in Montgomery, was recently elected to succeed the current bishop of Alabama, who is retiring. But Garner, who is rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Fayetteville, was on the short list of nominees for the position. Having just moved to Fayetteville when the Rev. Lowell Grisham retired, he wasn't ready to move on.

"When they asked me why I wanted the job, I told them plainly that I didn't," he says of the interview process in Alabama. "I didn't want to be a bishop, and I didn't want to give up the fruitful ministry that I enjoyed here.

More here-

https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2020/feb/01/rector-delighted-to-stay-evan-garner-lo/?features-religion

Call for the Election of the Thirteenth Bishop of Chicago

From Chicago-

Dear friends in Christ:

Ever since that cold February day in 2008 when you welcomed me with a glorious ordination celebration, it has been a great privilege to serve God with you as your bishop. Now, trusting in the guidance of the Holy Spirit and the counsel of those dearest to me, I believe it is time for you to choose someone new to carry this ministry into the future. Accordingly, I am writing today to announce my intent to retire eighteen months from now, in August 2020, and to call for the election of the thirteenth bishop of Chicago. 

Searching for a new bishop—a process that will be led by the Standing Committee—will take all of that time and perhaps more. The work began last evening, when Bishop Todd Ousley, bishop for pastoral development on Presiding Bishop Michael Curry’s staff, met by teleconference with the members of the Standing Committee. You will hear more from them soon about a timetable for the election and transition and the process for forming a bishop search committee. 

More here-

https://www.episcopalchicago.org/our-stories/2019/02/14/letter-bishop-leeuna-carta-del-obispo-lee-call-election-thir?fbclid=IwAR16d8Txeyy1GzUR1tJ-t5oCqXqDeYPVxev9rZfmAImgEgn3CWgagQpplRY

Episcopal Diocese of Northern California Elects First Female Bishop

From Northern California-

The Episcopal Diocese of Northern California has its first female bishop.

The vote happened today at the Special Electing Convention at Faith Episcopal Church, Cameron Park.

The Reverend Canon Megan M. Traquair was selected from the first slate to ever include female candidates in the diocese of Northern California.

Rev. Canon Megan is currently Canon to the Ordinary in the Diocese of Arizona. Her husband Philip is a pediatrician at Phoenix Children’s Hospital. e Church and a majority of the Standing Committees of the dioceses, the consecration is scheduled for June 29, 2019, at the Mondavi Center in Davis.

More here-

https://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2019/02/09/episcopal-diocese-of-northern-california-elects-first-female-bishop/

San Diego Elects Canon Snook

From San Diego-

The Diocese of San Diego needed only one ballot to elect the Rev. Canon Susan Brown Snook as its fifth bishop on Feb. 2.

Since 2017, Snook has served as canon for church growth and development in the Diocese of Oklahoma.

The electing convention met at St. Bartholomew’s Church in Poway.

Canon Snook was the sole nominee by the diocese’s Nominating Committee and Standing Committee. During the petition period, the diocese added two nominees: the Rev. Roy E. Hoffman, chaplain in residence at St. Peter’s, Del Mar, and senior chaplain at Naval Base San Diego; and the Rev. Michael S. Tinnon, interim rector of St. David’s, San Diego.

More here-

https://livingchurch.org/2019/02/02/san-diego-elects-canon-snook/?fbclid=IwAR3dLZJLlESrCg3T86CobtlIfWSDFtg6rO1l8GzLuoj73EGzIrmXJC7QLGI

Diocese of West Tennessee elects Phoebe Roaf as bishop

From ENS-

The Episcopal Diocese of West Tennessee elected the Rev. Phoebe Roaf, rector of St. Philip’s Episcopal Church, Richmond, Virginia, as its fourth bishop on Nov. 17.

Roaf will be in stalled in a consecration service May 4 at Hope Presbyterian Church. The Most Rev. Michael B. Curry, presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, will preside.

Roaf is a lifelong Episcopalian. She grew up in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. She is rector at St. Philip’s, the oldest African-American church in the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia, where she has served as the parish leader since 2011. Before St. Philips’s, Roaf was associate rector for three years at Trinity Episcopal Church in New Orleans.

Roaf, who earned a law degree from the University of Arkansas, Little Rock, and clerked two years for Judge James L. Dennis, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, worked in commercial real estate before pursuing a call to serve the Episcopal Church as clergy.

More here-

https://www.episcopalnewsservice.org/2018/11/27/diocese-of-west-tennessee-elects-phoebe-roaf-as-bishop/

First woman, African-American elected to lead Episcopal Diocese of West Tennessee

From West Tennessee-

Growing up as an Episcopalian in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, the Rev. Phoebe Roaf never saw any priests who looked like her.

Her role models, all white men, were affirming and wonderful, she said, but it wasn't until her 40s that she saw God was calling her — a black woman — to be ordained.

Now, Roaf has been elected as the first woman and first African-American to lead the Episcopal Diocese of West Tennessee. She will also be only the fourth black woman to become a diocesan bishop in the Episcopal Church in the United States. 

"I’m a person who’s very optimistic about the future," Roaf said. "I have had a ministry of building bridges and reconciliation in my secular life and in my life as a parish priest, and that is sorely needed at this time in our nation’s history. ... I’m coming there as someone who wants to build bridges and bring people together.”

More here-

https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/news/2018/11/17/african-american-female-episcopal-bishop-phoebe-roaf/2014653002/

Episcopal Church in Colorado elects first African American woman bishop in its history

From Colorado-

Growing up between two military bases in North Carolina, the Rev. Kimberly Lucas  learned early the values and challenges of diversity. She learned how to garden from a Japanese neighbor and discovered treasures at the local Mexican-Thai bodega.

When she married her husband, Mark, the two had to navigate what it meant to be a multi-racial family in the United States.

For Lucas, diversity has always been an integral part of her past. Now, she plans to brings that perspective to parishioners across Colorado.

On Saturday, Lucas was chosen as the 11th bishop of the Episcopal Church in Colorado, becoming the church’s first woman and first African-American bishop in state history.

More here-

https://www.denverpost.com/2018/10/30/episcopal-church-colorado-new-bishop/

Episcopal Diocese of Kansas makes history with election of first female bishop

From Kansas-

The first female bishop to lead the Episcopal Diocese of Kansas was elected Friday.

The Rev. Cathleen Chittenden Bascom, from the Diocese of Iowa, was selected on the second ballot, receiving 64 votes from lay delegates and 56 votes from clergy, the diocese said.

The election took place at Grace Episcopal Cathedral in Topeka.

Bascom is the first woman to be elected bishop since the diocese formed in 1859.

The Rev. Martha N. Macgill, of the Diocese of Maryland, and the Rev. Helen-Svoboda-Barber, from the Diocese of North Carolina, were the other candidates. This was the first time in the history of the Episcopal Church that a bishop heading a diocese was selected from all-women candidates.

More here-

https://www.cjonline.com/news/20181019/episcopal-diocese-of-kansas-makes-history-with-election-of-first-female-bishop 

and here-

http://www.wellingtondailynews.com/news/20181019/rev-cathleen-chittenden-bascom-is-elected-tenth-bishop-of-diocese

also here-

https://www.episcopalnewsservice.org/2018/10/19/cathleen-chittenden-bascom-elected-10th-bishop-of-the-diocese-of-kansas/

A contested bishop’s election in Haiti, Canon III.11.8, and unintended consequences

From Episcopal Cafe-

Shortly after the election of Dean Kerwin Delicat of Holy Trinity Cathedral, Port-au-Prince, as bishop coadjutor for the Diocese of Haiti, the requisite number of lay and clerical delegates filed objections under this canon. This is the first instance in which this canon has been put to the test.

In an interview with ENS, Bishop Ousley (bishop for pastoral development on the Presiding Bishop’s staff) said; “it is clear that while the provincial court of review is given a role in the contestation process, the canons say the role is that of an information-gathering body charged with producing a report on the allegations, not acting as a court. Normally, the court of review functions within the church’s clergy discipline canons.  They’re not going to make a judgment about guilty or not guilty. They’re not necessarily going to come down on one side or another.”

Instead, its report will be a compilation of the information the members were able to get. “It’s not the court’s responsibility to decide for the church or to tip the process one way or another,” he said. The group might say that certain allegations are true or not. “But more than likely, it is going have a number of things that will say ‘on the one hand but on the other,’” he said.

More here-

https://www.episcopalcafe.com/a-contested-bishops-election-in-haiti-canon-iii-11-8-and-unintended-consequences/

Diocese of Kansas names three women as candidates for bishop in historic first for the Episcopal Church

From Kansas-

In a first for the Episcopal Church, the Diocese of Kansas will select the 10th bishop of the diocese from a slate of women candidates.

The three people are:

• The Rev. Cathleen Chittenden Bascom, assistant professor of religion at Waldorf University, Waldorf, Iowa;
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• The Rev. Martha N. Macgill, rector, Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Cumberland, Maryland; and
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• The Rev. Helen Svoboda-Barber, rector of Luke’s Episcopal Church, Durham, North Carolina.

The Presiding Bishop’s Office of Pastoral Development confirmed that this will be the first time that a diocesan bishop is elected from an all-women slate of candidates.

Macgill and Svoboda-Barber were presented as candidates on June 21 by the Council of Trustees, acting in its canonical role as the diocese’s Standing Committee. Chittenden Bascom was added by petition and announced by the council on Aug. 15.

More information about all three candidates is online here.

More here-

https://www.episcopalnewsservice.org/2018/08/15/diocese-of-kansas-names-three-women-as-candidates-for-bishop-in-historic-first-for-the-episcopal-church/

Meet the Next Bishop

From Rio Grande-

Dear Diocese of the Rio Grande,

I already feel such love and gratitude as we look forward to our future together. I am giving thanks for so much we cannot yet see - the relationships we will build and the ministry we will share - the joy, tears, and opportunities. I am also feeling at least some nervous expectation. Meg and I are eager to begin making a home among you in a few short months. May God bless and guide us in the years ahead.

Faithfully,

Michael+

The Reverend Canon Michael Buerkel Hunn
Bishop-elect

Biography

The Rev. Canon Michael Buerkel Hunn grew up in New Mexico and Texas. In twenty years of ordained ministry he has served as a parish priest, a school chaplain, college chaplain, and Canon to Bishop Michael Curry. He currently serves as Canon to the Presiding Bishop for Ministry within The Episcopal Church, is Director of Communications, and oversees other key departments. He led Bishop Curry's transition team and led a staff-wide restructure and culture transformation process. He supports the Presiding Bishop's ministry in 108 dioceses and 16 countries.
More here-

https://www.dioceserg.org/ForCongregationsClergy/the-bishop-search

The Episcopal Diocese of San Diego Seeks a New Bishop

From San Diego-

The Episcopal Diocese of San Diego seeks applications from qualified clergy throughout the Episcopal Church and churches in the Anglican Communion to enter into the discernment process for identifying our Fifth Bishop. The standing committee has appointed a nominating committee to compile a slate of qualified candidates for election at a special electing convention to be held in February 2019. The nominating committee will be the single confidential contact point between candidates, nominators and the diocese.

The nominating committee now invites interested persons to carefully read and prayerfully reflect on our profile and this website. Priests and bishops interested in applying should complete the application form and submit it as well as all requested documentation to applications@edsd.org.  All materials must be received by Tuesday, April 10, 2018.

More here-

http://edsd.org/who-we-are/episcopate-transition/applications/

Brian Cole elected fifth bishop of East Tennessee

From ENS-

The Rev. Brian Cole was elected the fifth bishop of the Diocese of East Tennessee on the fifth ballot July 28 by delegates gathered for the electing session of the 33rd Annual Convention of the diocese at St. John’s Cathedral in Knoxville.

Cole, 49, has served as rector of the Church of the Good Shepherd in Lexington, Kentucky, since 2012. He was elected by 85 votes in the clergy order and 141 votes in the lay order. An election on that ballot required 57 clergy votes and 94 lay votes.

“With an open heart, I am both excited and humbled to be chosen by the lay and clergy delegates of the Episcopal Diocese of East Tennessee to serve as your fifth bishop,” Cole said. “Susan and I look forward to joining with you all in practicing resurrection, in the apostolic work of revealing the Living Christ to a beautiful but broken world. We will be happy to see you soon as we put down roots in Knoxville later in the year.”

More here-

http://episcopaldigitalnetwork.com/ens/2017/07/28/brian-cole-elected-fifth-bishop-of-east-tennessee/

also here-

http://myemail.constantcontact.com/East-Tennessee-Bishop-Election-Held.html?soid=1103630271834&aid=n8BqxCmzPyE

Silvestre Romero elected bishop coadjutor of Diocese of Guatemala

From Massachusetts (Guatemala)-

The Rev. Silvestre Romero, Rector of St. Peter's-San Pedro Church in Salem, was elected bishop coadjutor of the Diocese of Guatemala during its May 26-27 convention held at the Catedral de Santiago Apóstol in Guatemala City.  Pending the consent process, Romero will succeed the current bishop, the Rt. Rev. Armando Guerra.

"We rejoice at Silvestre's election in Guatemala, and extend our prayers for their future partnership as diocese and bishop.  Silvestre and his family will be greatly missed here in the Diocese of Massachusetts," Bishop Alan M. Gates said.

Text from the official notification from Bishop Guerra to fellow bishops, dated June 7, follows below.

More here-

http://www.diomass.org/diocesan-news/silvestre-romero-elected-bishop-coadjutor-diocese-guatemala-0

Marray welcomed to the Episcopal Diocese of Easton

From Easton-

The Episcopal Diocese of Easton will formally welcome its 11th bishop, the Rt. Rev. Santosh K. Marray, at a service of recognition and investiture at 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 15, at the Todd Performing Arts Center at Chesapeake College, Wye Mills. The Most Rev. Michael B. Curry, presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, will be the celebrant.

The Rt. Rev. Santosh K. Marray, 58, most recently served as the assistant bishop of the Diocese of Alabama. He was the bishop assisting of the Diocese of East Carolina from 2009 to 2012. From 2005 to 2008, he was the bishop of Seychelles, province of the Indian Ocean, and led the diocese through re-imagination, change and clergy and laity empowerment. When the diocese returned to sustainability, he returned to his family in the US.

More here-

http://www.stardem.com/life/article_c913cfea-ab77-5d26-a717-6a69efa9e703.html

The Episcopal Church in South Carolina welcomes new Provisional Bishop

From South Carolina-

The Right Reverend Gladstone B. “Skip” Adams III was elected by acclamation and invested as the Provisional Bishop for The Episcopal Church in South Carolina on Saturday, September 10.

“We are going to continue to look out, and to look beyond, and to trust whatever the future holds, because we know that future is held by God,” Bishop Adams told Episcopalians from across eastern South Carolina who gathered at Grace Church Cathedral in Charleston.

More here-

chttp://www.moultrienews.com/20160914/160919853/the-episcopal-church-in-south-carolina-welcomes-new-provisional-bishop

Diocese of Dallas notified of successful canonical consent process

From ENS-

 Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori and Registrar of General Convention, the Rev. Canon Michael Barlowe, have notified the Diocese of  Dallas that Bishop-Elect George Sumner has received the required majority of consents in the canonical consent process.

The Rev. George Robinson Sumner, Jr., was elected Bishop on May 16.  His ordination and consecration service is slated for November 14.

While Bishop-Elect Sumner has received the necessary majority of consents, consents will continue to be accepted up to and including October 10 deadline date.

More here-

http://episcopaldigitalnetwork.com/ens/2015/09/15/diocese-of-dallas-notified-of-successful-canonical-consent-process/

Dominican Republic announces 3 nominees for bishop coadjutor

From The Dominican Republic (ENS)

The Standing Committee of the Episcopal Diocese of the Dominican Republic has announced a slate of three candidates to stand for election as the diocese’s bishop coadjutor.

They are:

The Rev. Ramon Antonio Garcia De Los Santos, 50, vicar of Misiones San Lucas and La Anunciacion in Santiago, a school principal and archdeacon in the north region of the country;

The Rev. Moises Quezada Mota, 58, vicar of Misiones Jesus Nazareno and Buen Samaritano, in San Francisco de Macoris, and a school principal; and

The Rev. Daniel Samuel, 58, vicar of Misiones Santa Maria Virgen, Divina Gracia and San Cornelio, and a school principal.

The Standing Committee released the names during the annual Diocesan Convention, held Feb. 13-15 at Iglesia San Esteban in San Pedro de Macoris.

The Diocese of the Dominican Republic will receive nominations by petition for additional candidates through March 19.

More here-

http://episcopaldigitalnetwork.com/ens/2015/03/16/dominican-republic-announces-3-nominees-for-bishop-coadjutor/

Bishop of Bradford explains his views over changes to diocese

From England-

As choosing a new bishop to head the Super Diocese of West Yorkshire and the Dales gets underway, Bradford’s Anglican leader has soundly backed the decision which cost him his job.

Candidates are being assessed but there is time to make suggestions by the closing date of Monday, September 30.

The Bishop of Bradford, the Right Reverend Nick Baines is explaining his support for changes to the Bradford, Ripon and Leeds & Wakefield dioceses, which will be merged to create a single ecclesiastical body.

More here-

http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/10690996.Bishop_of_Bradford_explains_his_views_over_changes_to_diocese/

Upper Hunter man Newcastle's Anglican bishop-elect

From England-

Former Upper Hunter man Greg Thompson has been chosen as the new bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Newcastle.

The church's Synod gathered at the weekend to replace retired bishop Brian Farran.

Bishop Thompson, who went to school in Muswellbrook, is currently the bishop of the Northern Territory diocese.

He was the only candidate vying for the Newcastle role after a vote earlier this year failed to reach consensus.

Assistant bishop Peter Stuart has been the interim leader and says he's looking forward to the new bishop starting in February next year.

More here-

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-09-16/upper-hunter-man-newcastle27s-anglican-bishop-elect/4959970