Episcopalians elect new bishop for Central Gulf Coast diocese

From The Central Gulf Coast-

The Rev. James "Russell" Kendrick, a Birmingham rector who began his ministry in Dothan, has been elected the fourth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of the Central Gulf Coast to succeed the Rt. Rev. Philip M. Duncan II, who is retiring.

Kendrick, rector of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Birmingham, received 60 percent of lay votes and 59 percent of clergy votes in the third ballot, cast electronically at Trinity Episcopal Church in Mobile, the site of the diocese's 44th Annual Convention.

The earlier two ballots, which had included three nominees, did not result in an election. For a bishop to be chosen, he or she must receive a majority of lay votes as well as a majority of clergy votes.

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