[Magdalen] Eau Claire Consecrates 6th Bishop.

[Christopher Hart]

Actually, I believe that the narrowly defeated proposal was for juncture
rather than reunification as both Eau Claire and Fond du Lac were
originally formed out of the Diocese of Milwaukee (or perhaps it was called
Wisconsin then).

On Wednesday, March 25, 2015, 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.
>


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