From ENS-
A fifth priest has been added to the slate of four people nominated by the Episcopal Diocese of East Tennessee to stand for election as the Knoxville-based diocese's fourth bishop.
The Rev. Joseph R. Parrish, 69, rector of St. John's Church, Elizabeth, New Jersey, (Diocese of New Jersey) was added to the slate after the search committee opened a nomination-by-petition process. Parrish was born and raised in Knoxville and graduated from the University of Tennessee, according to a press release. He and his wife maintain a home in Knoxville, the release said.
Parrish joins nominees
the Rev. Frank Crumbaugh III, 57, rector, Holy Innocents' Church, Beach Haven, New Jersey (Diocese of New Jersey);
the Rev. Frederick DuMontier Devall IV, 41, rector, St. Martin's Church, Metairie, Louisiana (Diocese of Louisiana);
the Rev. Lisa S. Hunt, 51, rector, St. Stephen's Church, Houston (Diocese of Texas); and
the Rev. George Young III, 55, rector, St. Peter's Church, Fernandina Beach (Amelia Island), Florida (Diocese of Florida).
More information about the nominees is available here.
The person elected will succeed Bishop Charles vonRosenberg, who announced his retirement plans in October 2009.
The nominating committee received 85 names from 25 states and the District of Columbia, according to a Nov. 11 press release announcing the original slate. After the announcement the diocese's clergy and laity could petition the Standing Committee to have nominees added to the slate through Dec 3.
More here-
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/80263_126401_ENG_HTM.htm
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