[Magdalen] Eau Claire Consecrates 6th Bishop.

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

The issue of reunification reminds me of an older couple who came to see a
lawyer to discuss getting a divorce, something they had been apparently
planning for some time.

The lawyer, noting their somewhat advanced age, wondered aloud why at this
point in time they were seeking a divorce.

"We wanted to wait until the children died."

Perhaps these clergy want to wait until the diocese dies....

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 2:06 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

>
> 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.
>