[Magdalen] Dio. Of Virginia

[Kristin Rollins]

And, in fact, the Bishop of Southern VA announced at Annual Council last winter that he would resign effective at the end of 2018, so we are in search of a bishop as well.

Kristin

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  Kristin Rollins
  kristin at verumsolum.com
  Chesapeake, VA

On Sat, Dec 8, 2018, at 11:18 AM, Jay Weigel wrote:
> I doubt that the Bishop of Southern VA wants to take on the whole state. I
> wouldn't.
> 
> On Sat, Dec 8, 2018 at 10:46 AM Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > I saw an article earlier this week about the potential—or current—shortage
> > of bishop candidates and what it might mean for the future organization of
> > the church. Your situation in Michigan sounds as if it might be a trial
> > case for that. It’s happened in other places as well.
> >
> > > On Dec 8, 2018, at 10:35 AM, Judy Fleener <fleenerj at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Our bishop, Western Michigan is now the provisional for Eastern Mich as
> > he
> > > continues as our diocesan.  I'm a member of the Standing Committee.  This
> > > is seen as a step toward something where our bishop will become their
> > > bishop also. Not sure that that means  our becoming one diocese.  Our See
> > > city is now Grand Rapids.  We have hired the communications person from
> > > Eastern Michigan to to that job for us along side the job in Eastern
> > Mich.
> > > Part of the motivation is money..
> > >
> > >> On Sat, Dec 8, 2018 at 6:10 AM Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Well, in another change of plans, it seems we aren’t going to have a
> > >> Bishop Provisional, after all. Instead, Susan Goff, our Suffragan will
> > >> continue to be the Ecclesiastical Authority until we have elected and
> > >> consecrated a Diocesan. Lord only knows how long that will take!
> > >>
> > >> I’m not sure what I think about this, but it doesn’t feel like a good
> > >> idea. OTOH, they’ve really been having a hard time finding a
> > Provisional.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Judy Fleener, ObJN,SSH
> > > Western Michigan
> >