[Magdalen] Dio. Of Virginia

[Grace Cangialosi]

Southern is everything south of he James, including part of Richmond. SW is west of the Blue Ridge to the WV border, and all the way south to the tip of the state.

> On Dec 8, 2018, at 1:30 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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
>>>> 
>>