From Utah-The Right Rev. Scott B. Hayashi, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Utah, announced this week that he will be retiring.
In a letter posted on the Episcopal Diocese of Utah’s
Facebook page, Bishop Hayashi, who was consecrated as the 11th bishop of
Utah in November 2010, said his calling “has been and continues to be a
blessing and joy that I never expected to have in my life.”
The letter also noted the date of the election for a new bishop has not been firmly set, but will be held in the spring of 2021.
“I pledge to you that I will be diligent in my
responsibilities of being your bishop until the ordination of the new
bishop of our diocese,” the letter reads.
According to the diocese’s website, Bishop Hayashi, who
graduated from Harvard Divinity School, was ordained a priest in 1984
and served as a parish priest Washington, Utah and California. In 2005,
he became the canon to the Ordinary — or bishop’s office in the Diocese
of Chicago.
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