She was one of three women in a slate of five. Should she receive consent she would be the fifteenth woman in the elected bishop in the church and one of the five youngest members of the current House of Bishops.
The Diocese of South Carolina, which elected Mark Lawrence to be there next bishop, but failed to receive the needed number of consents to that election is planning to hold a new election with Mark as the only candidate…
Rowe’s rocketing to positions of prominence leads one to wonder if he has always been on the fast track — or if he is an old soul in a young man’s body…
Ecclesiastical orders melted at the church door in Marquette, Michigan, on Friday, June 8, as 600 people touched by the life and stunned by the
Bishop Steven Jecko, the retired Bishop of the Diocese of Florida, has died overnight. Bishop Frederick Putnam, retired suffragan of Oklahoma and the former bishop of Najoland died today.
A memorial service will be held today for Bishop Jim Kelsey of Northern Michigan, who died on Sunday in a car accident. The Rev. Canon Howard Anderson offers this tribute to his creativity, his energy and his electric brilliance.
Bishop James Kelsey of the Diocese of Northern Michigan was killed in a road accident on Sunday. He was a dynamic bishop, and we will miss him. Please drop into the Café to read about his ministry, and leave a reminiscence.
The Bishop of Newark says in part: “Gene Robinson has told us, there is a lot of diplomacy going on between the Archbishop’s office and the American Church, which may – or may not, create a different ecclesiastical climate and result in invitations to all bishops in good standing in the Church (which certainly includes Bishop Robinson, who was duly elected, consented and consecrated as a bishop in the Episcopal church).”
God created humans with free will. Christians must combine faith and common sense to forge a future that serves the whole. That doesn’t mean coming to agreement on issues that divide us. Often, people think of resolution in just such a way. They advance their position over and over in the hope others finally will see the light. Yet proponents of the other side have the same hope. We need to develop a larger vision. When will this be resolved? When will they see it our way? Maybe never.
Over the weekend, more than 2,000 people attended the consecration of Shannon Johnston, bishop co-adjutor of the Diocese of Virginia, at Washington National Cathedral on Saturday, May 26, 2007. Read on to find out more about the service, the people who attended it, and what’s in store for the new bishop coadjutor of the Episcopal Church’s largest diocese.