[Magdalen] Bishop election in West TN

[Scott Knitter]

In many cases, it seems, the clergy and lay orders differ for a while until
those who received very few votes withdraw and either the clergy or laity
see who's becoming the overall favorite.

On Sat, Nov 17, 2018 at 7:07 PM Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:

> I don’t know the answer to that, but it happens more often that you might
> think.
> Michael Curry, our Presiding Bishop, was elected on the first ballot.
> That’s more unusual for that position, though given Curry’s charisma, it
> wasn’t surprising.
>
> > On Nov 17, 2018, at 7:14 PM, Roger Stokes via Magdalen <
> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
> >
> >> On 17/11/2018 18:25, Grace Cangialosi wrote:
> >> Phoebe Roaf of our  Diocese was elected on the first ballot! It will be
> our loss, but definitely their gain.
> >>
> > How often does a bishop get elected on the first ballot?
> >
> > Roger
> >
>


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Scott R. Knitter
Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA