[Magdalen] Come be our bishop!

[James Handsfield]

That’s what happened in Atlanta with Bob Trache, except that he was elected before his untruthfulness came out.  The Standing Committee had to ask dioceses to retract their assents.

Jim Handsfield

> On Dec 10, 2019, at 8:26 AM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I was a voting delegate in the Michigan convention that elected +Wendell
> Gibbs ages ago, and he's just retiring. The onetime front runner in that
> election crashed and burned when unfortunate personal financial dealings
> came to light. I think that happened after the election...many felt we had
> dodged a bullet or indeed had been divinely guided (more like). I turned
> pages for the cathedral organist, the excellent Jeremy David Tarrant, who's
> still there!
> 
> On Mon, Dec 9, 2019 at 10:16 PM cantor03--- via Magdalen <
> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
> 
>> Yes, indeed.  I was a voting delegate at Eau Claire when +Wantland was
>> elected.  The secondcandidate in terms of votes was the rector of my parish
>> who was seated right next to me.I wasn't voting for the rector.
>> 
>> David Strang.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> In a message dated 12/9/2019 8:31:34 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>> fleenerj at gmail.com writes:his 
>> 
>> I think bishop elections are an exciting time in a diocese.
>> 
> -- 
> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA