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Long Island diocese elects Lawrence C. Provenzano as bishop coadjutor

[Episcopal News Service] The Reverend Lawrence C. Provenzano was elected
March 21 as bishop coadjutor of the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island.

Provenzano, 54, rector of St. Andrew's Church, in Longmeadow, Massachusetts,
was elected on the second ballot out of a field of six nominees. He received
130 votes of 211 cast in the lay order and 103 of 146 cast in the clergy
order. An election on that ballot required 106 in the lay order and 74 in
the clergy order.

The election was held at the Cathedral of the Incarnation, Garden City, New
York.

Provenzano will serve as bishop coadjutor until the retirement of the Rt.
Rev. Orris G. Walker, Jr, Long Island's seventh bishop, who has served the
diocese since January 1991. Upon Walker's retirement, Provenzano will become
diocesan bishop.

Ordained an Episcopal priest in 1984, Provenzano holds a Bachelor of Science
from the State University of New York and a Master of Divinity from Christ
the King Seminary. For two years before his ordination he was a member of a
religious community.

Prior to becoming rector of St. Andrew's, Longmeadow, Provenzano served as
curate and priest-in-charge of Christ Church in Westery, Rhode Island and
rector of St. John's North Adams, Massachusetts.

Provenzano is married to the former Jeanne Ross, of Waterford, Connecticut
who is an assistant district attorney for Hampden County, Massachusetts.
They have three children -- Katy age 25, Mary age 23 and Christopher age 19.

The Episcopal Church's General Convention will be asked to consent to
Provenzano's election because it occurred within 120 days of the convention,
which will be held July 8-17 in Anaheim, California.

The consecration is due to take place on September 19.

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