Bishop Tom Ely dedicated solar panels in VT.  

Click here for ENS story of the May 5, 2012 event.

NH, RI and WMA to select Bishops

   New Hampshire diocese names three nominees for bishop coadjutor - Election May 19

By ENS staff | March 15, 2012
The Diocese of New Hampshire’s Bishop Search and Nomination Committee March 15 announced a three-nominee slate for a bishop coadjutor to succeed Bishop V. Gene Robinson. The nominees include:

   5 nominees for bishop of Episcopal Diocese of Western Mass. named - Election June 2

(Article by Bronislaus B Kush, Telegram & Gazette Staff bkush@telegram.com)

  The panel charged with drawing up the slate of nominees to replace retiring Bishop Gordon P. Scruton, the spiritual head of the Episcopal Diocese of Western Massachusetts which includes Worcester County, apparently cast a wide net — selecting candidates from Connecticut, New York, Idaho and California.

Church officials this evening announced that five clerics, one of them a woman, are under consideration to become the diocese's ninth bishop. They are:

• the Very Rev. Richard A. Demarest, 55, the dean at St. Michael's Cathedral in Boise, Idaho;
• the Rev. Dr. Douglas John Fisher, 57, the rector at Grace Church in Millbrook, N.Y.;
• the Rev. Nancy Gossling, 60, the rector of St. James' Church in Glastonbury, Conn.;
• the Very Rev. Ron W. Griffin, 58, the rector of Christ Church in Eureka, Ca., and
• the Very Rev. Mark B. Pendleton, 49, the dean of Christ Church Cathedral in Hartford.

 The candidates will meet with clergy and laity during “walk-about” visits the week of May 21. The election itself will take place June 2 at Christ Church Cathedral in Springfield. Church officials said that, because the election falls within 120 days of the start of the July meeting of the national Episcopal Church's 77th General Convention, that body must consent to the bishop-elect's ordination.

 Slate for the 13th Bishop of Rhode Island 
(information from http://www.episcopalrisearch.org) - Election June 2

The Search and Nomination Committee has selected five priests to stand for election as the 13^th Bishop of Rhode Island. No additional nominations were received during the petition period. The nominees for bishop are:

• the Rev. Kurt Dunkle, 50, rector, Grace Episcopal Church, Orange Park, Fla. (Diocese of Florida);
• the Rev. Cathy George, 55, currently on a writing sabbatical; former priest-in-charge, St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, Dorchester, Mass. (Diocese of Massachusetts);
• the Very Rev. Nicholas Knisely, 51, dean, Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Phoenix, Ariz. (Diocese of Arizona);
• the Rev. Ledlie Laughlin, 52, rector, St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Philadelphia, Pa. (Diocese of Pennsylvania);
• the Rev. Jennifer Pedrick, 45, rector, Church of the Epiphany, Rumford, R.I. (Diocese of Rhode Island). 

The nominees will visit the diocese May 11 – 12, including an all-day public event on Saturday, May 12, at St. Andrew’s School in Barrington, where they will make remarks and answer questions from lay and clergy attendees.

The 13th Bishop of Rhode Island will be elected at a special diocesan convention on Saturday, June 2, at St. Paul’s Church in Pawtucket. Because the election will occur close in time to the General Convention of the Episcopal Church in July, church canons provide for the required consents to be sought from the bishops and deputies at General Convention. Subject to obtaining that consent, the bishop-elect will be ordained as Bishop of Rhode Island at a ceremony on Saturday, Nov. 17, at St. George’s School in Middletown.