[Magdalen] Interesting

[Grace Cangialosi]

Definitely confusing. Augustine ran for Bishop Suffragan here about 25 years ago, then went, I think, to a church in SW Virginia. I lost track of him after that.
I had forgotten  bishops could be appointed instead of elected, though I guess that’s what happens in England, isn’t it?

> On May 31, 2019, at 5:27 PM, Roger Stokes via Magdalen <magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
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> I see from Episcopal News Service that support for the beleaguered Church in South Sudan is taking another branch with the appointment of a bishop to minister to the South Sudanese diaspora. Following his retirement as Rector of Christ Episcopal Church in La Crosse, WI on Sunday Patrick Augustine will become an assistant bishop in the Diocese of Bor, South Sudan, dividing his time between the two countries as a bridge between them. He will be relying on a non-profit organisation for his expenses and his Church pension for his income and I find it interesting that the RC Diocese of La Crosse has already made a donation to that non-profit fund. I assume that the episcopal ordination will be on Letters Dimissory from South Sudan but the article gives no indication of when that will happen.
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> https://www.episcopalnewsservice.org/2019/05/31/south-sudanese-in-diaspora-and-in-africa-garner-renewed-episcopal-church-attention/
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> Roger
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