Episcopal Life Online May 19, 2007
Sean W. Rowe elected bishop of Northwestern Pennsylvania
By Neva Rae Fox and Mary Frances Schjonberg
[ENS] The Rev. Sean W. Rowe was elected May 19 on the first ballot to be the next bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Northwestern Pennsylvania.
Rowe, 32, is rector of St. John's Episcopal Church in Franklin, Pennsylvania, in the Diocese of Northwestern PA.
Rowe was elected on the first ballot from a slate of four candidates. He was elected with 64 lay votes and 29 clergy votes. An election on that ballot required 51 votes of 101 cast in the lay order and 24 of 47 votes cast in the clergy order. The election took place at Cathedral of Saint Paul in Erie, Pennsylvania.
Under the canons the Episcopal Church (III.11.4), a majority of bishops exercising jurisdiction and diocesan Standing Committees must consent to Rowe's election and ordination as bishop.
If consented, Rowe will be the youngest member of the House of Bishops.
The consecration is scheduled for September 8.
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