2 candidates for bishop have ties to city

From Poughkeepsie NY -

Two of the seven nominees for the next bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New York have ties to Poughkeepsie.

The Rev. Andrew Dietsche, diocesan canon for pastoral care, lives in the City of Poughkeepsie, and the Rev. Petero Sabune, Africa Partnership Officer for the Episcopal Church, graduated from Poughkeepsie High School and Vassar College in the Town of Poughkeepsie in 1977.

"I think it's a real honor that Andy and I were nominated by our colleagues ," Sabune said Friday.

More than 500 clergy and lay delegates will choose from the seven candidates Oct. 29 the successor to the Right Rev. Mark S. Sisk, who has been bishop of New York since September 2001. The winner of that election will serve as bishop coadjutor, or assistant bishop, until Sisk retires in two to three years.

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