From Roanoke-The search for a new bishop in the Episcopal Diocese of Southwestern Virginia has concluded with the naming of the Very Rev. Mark Allen Bourlakas as Bishop-elect.
Bourlakas, 49, is currently dean at Christ Church Cathedral in Louisville, Ky. and has served in churches in Tennessee, North Carolina and South Carolina. He holds a bachelor’s degree in art from the University of the South in Sewanee, Tenn., a master of divinity from Seabury Western Theological Seminary in Illinois and a doctor of ministry from the School of Theology at the University of the South. He and his wife, Martha, have three daughters.
The Special Electing Council for the Sixth Bishop of Southwestern Virginia convened at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday at St. John’s Episcopal Church, Roanoke, and the election process was conducted in the context of the Holy Eucharist. The Council, made up of clergy and laypersons, voted among five nominees for bishop, from dioceses in Kentucky, Kansas, North Carolina, New Zealand and Virginia. A majority of both the laity and the clergy was reached after three ballots.
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