[Magdalen] Episcopal election

[Marion Thompson]

A single with three elected, their Areas to be assigned later. There is 
also a fourth suffragan who was elected in more recent years and who may 
or may not be moved from his current Area. While they are all kept busy, 
it seems to be an inordinate amount of management, although Trent-Durham 
Area is a very big, mainly rural area requiring constant travel.  We 
also have the Archbishop who is busy overseeing the empire as Bishop of 
Toronto and also serving as Bishop of Moosonee, a northern area.  He is 
also Metropolitan of the Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario.

We have adopted electronic 'clickers' as the preferred way to vote.  It 
certainly speeds the process!

Marion, a pilgrim   ... today my sail I lift ....


On 6/7/2016 9:15 AM, Roger Stokes wrote:
> On 07/06/2016 14:06, Marion Thompson wrote:
>> In this Diocese we are having an election in September for, count 
>> 'em, three (!) suffragan bishops to fill vacancies that have arisen 
>> for various reasons.  Be all that as it may, I feel extraordinarily 
>> honoured to have been asked to nominate one of the candidates.  This 
>> particular candidate is in a longtime and public same-sex 
>> relationship and has two lovely little children with his partner.  I 
>> don't know how it will turn out for him, but I pray that he may be 
>> the new face of the church along with some of the other nominees.  
>> Interesting times!
>
> The mechanics of this election will also be interesting. Are they 
> being run as three parallel elections with candidates choosing which 
> vacancy to go for or is it a single election with three people elected 
> at the end?  Either way there's going to ve a lot of voting.
>
> Roger
>