Bishop Search Update #5

From The Convocation in Europe-

The Bishop Search Process has moved into a new stage following the closure of the window for receipt of applications. The Search and Nomination Committee is delighted with and encouraged by the number of applications it has received from highly qualified clergy who have put themselves forward as candidates to be our next bishop.

The next part of the discernment process is to conduct video interviews with those candidates best fitting our Bishop Profile. To do this effectively, the Committee will work in small groups from the week beginning March 19. The aim will be to determine who to ¬invite to the Candidates’ Retreat being planned to take place in Germany in May.

Please continue to hold in prayer all those who have put themselves forward as candidates as well as the Search and Nomination Committee. Your support in this way is greatly appreciated.

More here-

http://myemail.constantcontact.com/Bishop-Search-Update---March-2018.html?soid=1117451462049&aid=-l7etp04IzI

Bishop Search on Hold Due to Plagerism.

From Newark-

The Diocese of Newark is revising the diocesan profile it published to guide the search for its next bishop after discovering that a section of the profile was plagiarized from the profile of the Diocese of Bethlehem.

The Rev. Joseph Harmon, interim vice president of the diocesan Standing Committee, announced today that the search process is paused until January 2, 2018 at which time the application process, which had closed on November 17, will be reopened until January 10 to accommodate candidates who might wish to apply based on the revised profile.

This delay in the search process will not necessitate a change in dates for the episcopal election on May 19, or the consecration of the eleventh bishop of Newark on September 22, Harmon said.

Bishop Mark Beckwith, who has led the diocese since 2007, called for the election of a successor when he announced in February that he planned to retire.

More here-

https://dioceseofnewark.org/content/bishop-search-hold-will-reopen-january-2-revised-profile

Bishop Search in Europe

From The Living Church-

The Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe plans to commission a search committee for its next bishop when the convocation meets Oct. 19-22.

The Rt. Rev. Pierre W. Whalon, Bishop in Charge of the Convocation since 2001, has announced his plans to retire in July 2019.

The convocation explains on a webpage devoted to the search:

The Episcopal Church is one of 38 provinces of the worldwide Anglican Communion and has episcopal jurisdictions in sixteen countries around the world.

The Bishop in Charge of the Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe, a suffragan bishop to the Presiding Bishop, is based at The American Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in Paris. There are congregations in France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Switzerland, and Austria.

The Episcopal Church has been present in Europe since 1815. The Convocation was created by a Canon of General Convention in 1859, and Bishops in Charge were appointed by the Presiding Bishop. Some were diocesan Bishops or recently retired Bishops, who exercised oversight on a part-time basis. Bishops in Charge have been resident in Europe since 1960.

More here-

http://htl.li/cT4h30fw3F8

Our prayerful search for the IX Bishop of Bethlehem

From Bethlehem-

Welcome to this site. We invite you to join us in our search for our next Bishop.

We, the nearly 12,000 baptized persons of the Diocese of Bethlehem, welcome all to share in the bread of God's call to be the Jesus Movement in Northeastern Pennsylvania.

We are 60 congregations, a few larger, many small, and some in between. We are found in urban, suburban, and rural contexts. Wherever we are and however we are resourced, we love God, and all of us set our minds and hearts on mission. That mission has life in the communities God has placed us and reaches as far as South Sudan. 

More here-

http://www.bishopsearchdiobeth.org

East Providence rector on slate of five candidates for Episcopal bishop of Rhode Island

From Rhode Island-

A search committee has unveiled its proposed slate of candidates to become the 13th Episcopal bishop of Rhode Island.

The slate includes one Rhode Islander, the Rev. Jennifer Pedrick, 45, rector of the Church of the Epiphany in East Providence.

Others are: the Rev. Kurt Dunkle, 50, rector of Grace Church in Orange Park, Fla.; the Very Rev. Nicholas Knisely, dean of Trinity Cathedral in Phoenix, Ariz.; the Rev. Cathy George, former priest-in-charge of St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Dorchester, Mass.; and the Rev. Ledlie Laughlin, 52, rector of St. Peter's Church in Philadelphia.

The deadline for petitions to have other clergy nominated is 5 p.m. March 25. The election on a successor to retiring Bishop Geralyn Wolf will be June 2.

More here-

http://news.providencejournal.com/breaking-news/2012/03/search-committe.html