Episcopal News Service Tuesday, April 18, 2006
Toward Columbus: Elections set for General Convention
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Toward Columbus: Election of 26th Presiding Bishop set for June 18
By Pat McCaughan
[ENS] The stage is set to elect the next Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church on Sunday, June 18, at the 75th General Convention of the Episcopal Church in Columbus, Ohio.
The 26th Presiding Bishop will succeed the Most Rev. Frank Tracy Griswold III, whose nine-year term ends on November 1.
At least seven names will be formally submitted to a 2:30 p.m. joint session of the House of Bishops and House of Deputies on Saturday, June 17, including a slate of four recommended by the Joint Nominating Committee for the Election of the Presiding Bishop.
Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_73736_ENG_HTM.htm
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Toward Columbus: Werner marks 36 years of service to General Convention
By Melodie Woerman
[ENS] This year the Very Rev. George L. W. Werner will complete 36 years in the House of Deputies, and that body elects his successor during General Convention this June.
Werner will have served six years as president. He was elected at General Convention in 2000 in Denver and re-elected in 2003 in Minneapolis. He also served two terms as vice president of the House of Deputies, from 1994 to 2000, with then-president Dr. Pamela Chinnis. He previously served eight terms as a deputy, and as deputation chair, from the Diocese of Pittsburgh.
Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_73735_ENG_HTM.htm
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Toward Columbus: 2006 Convention to elect many leaders for Episcopal Church
[ENS] In addition to electing a Presiding Bishop and the president and vice president of the House of Deputies, the 75th General Convention will also elect a secretary and treasurer of Convention and members of other church-related boards.
The Rev. Dr. Gregory Straub will stand for election as the convention's secretary. He is the Convention's executive officer and at the 2003 Convention he served as the assistant secretary for voting in the House of Deputies.
Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_73734_ENG_HTM.htm
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Toward Columbus: Study urged on Presiding Bishop election process
By Mary Frances Schjonberg
[ENS] While the 75th General Convention will elect the Episcopal Church's next Presiding Bishop, it will also be asked to study the way the election process works.
The request could well come from a number of directions including from the Executive Council and from the Standing Commission on the Structure of the Church.
Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_73733_ENG_HTM.htm
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Toward Columbus: Presiding Bishop's role, election process steadily evolving since 1789
By Lauren Wilkes Auttonberry
[ENS] The Episcopal Church historically has had as its leader a bishop of "senior position," beginning with the presidency of the Rt. Rev. William White at the first session of the 1789 General Convention.
Until the church began electing a Presiding Bishop in 1925 -- choosing the Rt. Rev. John Gardner Murray as the sixteenth Presiding Bishop -- the office had been automatically assumed by the most senior bishop in the House, measured by his date of consecration.
This summer in Columbus, the church will elect its 26th Presiding Bishop to a nine-year term.
Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_73732_ENG_HTM.htm
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