From The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette-
As its convention opens today, the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh is calm, planning for growth and launching the search for a permanent bishop.
"One of the things we are happy about is that it's just a normal convention," said Provisional Bishop Kenneth Price, who has been helping the diocese heal from a 2008 split in which the previous bishop and majority of parishes broke from the Episcopal Church over theological issues.
"I've been impressed with the way the people of the diocese have come together. The congregations at this point are intent on building up their churches, not on fighting," he said.
The convention opens at 5 p.m. and continues Saturday at 8:45 a.m. in Trinity Cathedral, Downtown.
Delegates will vote on admitting a 29th parish to the 8,644-member diocese. All Saints Episcopal Church in South Fayette was formed in 2009, largely from people who wanted to remain Episcopalians after their former parishes left the denomination. It meets in a former beauty shop but has grown and is looking for larger space, Bishop Price said.
Despite a suit that an Episcopal parish filed against what is now the Anglican Diocese of Pittsburgh, relations between the two dioceses aren't bad, Bishop Price said.
In January, Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Joseph James ordered the Anglican diocese to transfer all centrally owned assets to the Episcopal diocese. Although the Anglican diocese has appealed, the transfer went ahead.
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