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["Matthew Davies" <mdavies@episcopalchurch.org>]

>Episcopal Life Online
>May 24, 2008

>Texas elects C. Andrew Doyle bishop coadjutor

>By Mary Frances Schjonberg

[Episcopal News Service] The Rev. C. Andrew Doyle was elected May 24
to be the ninth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Texas
(http://www.epicenter.org/edot/Default.asp).

Doyle, 41, is a native of the diocese who has spent his entire
ordained ministry in the diocese. He is currently canon to the
ordinary for Texas Bishop Don Wimberly. Doyle describes himself in his
autobiographical sketch as having grown up "High Church
Anglo-Catholic." He and his wife JoAnne are the parents of Caisa, 11,
and Zoë, 6.

He earned the Master of Divinity degree from Virginia Theological
Seminary (http:///www.vts.edu) in 1995, was ordained deacon in the
Diocese of Texas later that year and ordained a priest in 1996. Doyle
served at St. Stephen's School (http://www.sstx.org) in Austin, Texas;
Christ Church
(http://www.christchurchtemple.org/synapse/center/homepage.cfm?website= chris
tchurchtemple.org)
in Temple, Texas; and St. Francis Episcopal Church
(http://www.stfrancisonline.org) in College Station before becoming
canon to the ordinary in 2003.

Doyle was elected on the fourth ballot from among six nominees. He
received 264 of 481 votes in the lay order and 128 of 247 in the
clergy order. An election on that ballot required 241 lay votes and
124 clergy votes.

Results of all the ballots are available here

(http://www.epicenter.org/edot/ballot.asp?SnID=531156477).

Under the canons the Episcopal Church (III.16.4 (a))
(http://www.churchpublishing.org/general_convention/pdf_const_2003/Title_ III
_Ministry.pdf),
a majority of bishops exercising jurisdiction and diocesan standing
committees must consent to Doyle's election and ordination as bishop
within 120 days of receiving the consent request.

Assuming such consent, Doyle will become the second-youngest bishop in
the Episcopal Church. The youngest bishop, Northwestern Pennsylvania
Bishop Sean Rowe, 33, was elected
(http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_86135_ENG_HTM.htm) on May 19,
2007.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_97338_ENG_HTM.htm