[Magdalen] Eau Claire Consecrates 6th Bishop.

[Cantor03 at aol.com]

On March 16, the new and 6th Bishop of Eau Claire was consecrated at
Christ Cathedral in that City.  He is +Wiliam Jay Lambert, whose  last
position was in Florida.  Three other candidates were incumbents  in
Wisconsin parishes outside the Eau Claire Diocese.  They were all  "self-
nominated", unusually, and the position is officially half time.   There are
20 parishes in the Eau Claire Diocese.
 
+Whitmore, 5th Bishop of Eau Claire had resigned for the position of 
Assistant Bishop of Atlanta in 2007, and +Leidel had been elected
provisional bishop.
 
Eau Claire recognized that it was unable to fund the price-tag of a  full
time bishop any longer on its own, and had sought to be reunited with
the Diocese of Fond du Lac from which the Eau Claire Diocese was
originally formed.  A Fond du Lac vote showed the laity for  reunification
but the clergy narrowly opposed.  
 
 
http://episcopaldigitalnetwork.com/ens/2013/03/18/william-jay-lambert-ordain
ed-as-bishop-of-eau-claire/
 
 
 
David Strang - Former communicant of Christ Cathedral, Eau  Claire.