[Magdalen] Dio. Of Virginia

[anthony clavier]

Fond du Lac is no longer lacy. It's splendid bishop, Matt Gunter, is an
intelligent moderate, credally orthodox and socially liberal.

Western NY has asked Sean Rowe to be its provisional bishop. He shared
himself with Bethlehem until recently. Wester Kansas now has a part time
bishop, who is also part time Vicar of two missions and a prosecuting
attorney.

As we continue to dwindle, these anomalies will probable become the norm.
Smaller dioceses can't afford bishops.

+Tony

On Sat, Dec 8, 2018, 11:34 AM Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com wrote:

> And this is exactly why I think there needs to be a provisional from
> outside.
>
> > On Dec 8, 2018, at 11:32 AM, flyingfish224--- via Magdalen <
> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
> >
> > This is crazy and a mess.
> >
> > And as I have said before, there is more (somewhere) to this story
> >
> > Renee
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> >> On Dec 8, 2018, at 10:45 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
> >
>