Four Nominees for South Dakota Bishop Coadjutor

The Diocese of South Dakota announced a slate of four candidates for the election of a bishop coadjutor. The candidates are:

- The Rev. Douglas Robert Dunn,rector, St. Luke’s Church and High Plains Regional Missioner, Denver, Colo.

- The Rev. John F. Floberg, canon missioner, Standing Rock Reservation, Bismarck, N.D.

- The Rev. Peter A.R. Stebinger, rector, Christ Church, Bethany, Conn.

- The Rev. John T. Tarrant, rector, Trinity, Pierre, S.D.


The election is scheduled to be held May 9 at a hotel convention center in Pierre. Because the election falls within 120 days of the start of the General Convention, the bishop-elect will need to receive consents from a majority of diocesan deputations and bishops with jurisdiction. Assuming those are forthcoming, Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori will consecrate the new bishop Oct. 31 in Sioux Falls.

The Rt. Rev. Creighton Robertson, Bishop of South Dakota since 1994, previously announced his intention to resign no later than Dec. 31, 2009.

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