[Magdalen] Dio. Of Virginia

[Jay Weigel]

Have I gotten Southern and SW VA confused?

On Sat, Dec 8, 2018 at 1:01 PM Kristin Rollins <kristin at verumsolum.com>
wrote:

> 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
>
> --
>   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
> > >
>