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The Rev. R. William Franklin was elected on Saturday, Nov. 20 as bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Western New York, pending the required consents from a majority of bishops with jurisdiction and standing committees of the Episcopal Church.
Franklin, 63, senior associate priest at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was elected on the seventh ballot out of a field of four nominees. He received 95 votes of 150 cast in the lay order and 46 of 89 cast in the clergy order. An election on that ballot required 76 in the lay order and 45 in the clergy order.
A message Franklin released to the people of the diocese of Western New York shortly after learning of his election can be read at the diocese's website.
The election took place during a special continuation of the diocese's 174th annual convention held at St. Paul's Cathedral in Buffalo, New York.
Pending a successful consent process, Franklin will succeed the Rt. Rev. J. Michael Garrison, who will retire upon his successor's consecration.
Under the canons (III.11.4) of the Episcopal Church, a majority of bishops exercising jurisdiction and diocesan standing committees must consent to the bishop-elect's ordination as bishop within 120 days of receiving notice of the election.
Franklin has served as the Senior Associate at St. Mark's since July 2010. Since his ordination to the priesthood in 2005, he served as associate priest at St. Paul's Within the Walls in Rome and associate director of the American Academy in Rome, fellow and associate priest of the Anglican Centre in Rome, interim vicar of the Church of the Resurrection in Orvieto, Italy, and professor of theology at the Pontifical Angelicum University. From 1998 to 2002, he was dean and president of Berkeley Divinity School at Yale University. Earlier in his career he was a professor at General Theological Seminary in New York and at St. John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota.
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http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79425_125842_ENG_HTM.htm
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