Episcopal Diocese of Lexington, February 2006
In this Issue:
Convention 2006
Other Stories
Go in Peace to Love & Serve the Lord
Nominees for the 26th Presiding Bishop Named
From the National & Anglican Fronts
News to Use form Our Diocese and Beyond
Commentaries
From the Bishop: Lessons form Fishing with Mattie
Reflection: Headlines that hit the heart
X-ercizing: Community, Solidarity, and Humanity
Nominees for the 26th Presiding Bishop Named
The Joint Nominating Committee for the Election of the Presiding Bishop recently announced the names of those bishops it will place in nomination for election as 26th Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church. [Full text of the committee’s announcement, including procedures for nominations from the floor, is posted at http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_71136_ENG_HTM.htm. The 29-member committee is chaired by Bishop Peter J. Lee of Virginia and Diane B. Pollard of New York.]
The nominees’ names will be formally submitted to the General Convention at a joint session on June 18, 2006, the day prior to the day appointed for the election of the 26th Presiding Bishop by the House of Bishops. The bishop elected will succeed the 25th Presiding Bishop, the Most Rev. Frank T. Griswold III, whose nine-year term concludes later this year. The 26th Presiding Bishop will be installed Nov. 4, 2006, at Washington National Cathedral.
The nominees are (pictured above from left to right):
The Rt. Rev. J. Neil Alexander, Bishop of Atlanta
The Rt. Rev. Edwin F. Gulick, Jr., Bishop of Kentucky
The Rt. Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori, Bishop of Nevada
The Rt. Rev. Henry N. Parsley, Jr., Bishop of Alabama
Biographical information and photos are posted online at http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_71136_ENG_HTM.htm
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