Nominees to be the 26th Presiding Bishop


Nominated by the Nominating Committee
Neil Alexander
Bishop of Atlanta.
 Edwin Gulick
Bishop of Kentucky.
 Katharine Jefferts Schori
Bishop of Nevada.
 Henry Parsley
Bishop of Alabama.

 

 

Nominated by Petition
Francisco Duque Gomez
Bishop of Colombia.
 Charles Jenkins
Bishop of Louisiana.
 Stacy Sauls
Bishop of Lexington.
Click on any bishop's name to learn about the bishop.
Click here to learn about growth/decline in the bishops' dioceses

See the announcement of the first nominations, the nomination of the first by petition, and the the nomination of the two more by petition.

Here is my report prior to the announcement:

Who Will Be the 26th Presiding Bishop?

A Report by Louie Crew, Ph.D., D.D., D.D., D.H.L.

©2001, 2004, and 2005 by Louie Crew.
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During the 74th General Convention, July 30-August 8, 2003 in Minneapolis, deputies and bishops chose persons to serve on  the Joint Nominating Committee for the Election of the Presiding Bishop, which in turn will nominate not fewer than three  persons to run for Presiding Bishop at General Convention in 2006. (See Title 1, Canon 2 for the process.)

The Presiding Bishop will be elected for a 9-year term, beginning on November 1, 2006 and going until November 1, 2015.  A Presiding Bishop must resign at the General Convention closer to her/his reaching age 70, and thus could serve a full term if no older than 71.5 at the end of it. Therefore, a nominee would have to be born no earlier than May 1, 1944 to be eligible to serve the full term. (See bishops listed in order of their birthdays.) Also Bishops may not leave a current jurisdiction until they have completed five years in that assignment (See Article II, Section 8 of the Constitution); therefore, no bishop who begins service in a jurisdiction after November 1, 2001 can be considered for Presiding Bishop in 2006. (See bishops listed in order of consecration.)

Ordinaries Who Could Serve a Full 9-Year Term

    Consented to the consecration of the Bishop of NH in 2003
    Did not consent to the consecration of the Bishop of NH in 2003
    Click here to see the votes of all bishops and deputies on Consents and on Blessings

    Click on any bishop's name to review other information about the bishop, including the bishop's voting record on many bellwether issues.
    [I have used a much larger font for the actual nominees -- LC, /1/30/2006.]

  1. Keith Ackerman, Bishop of Quincy. DoQ@ocslink.com. Age on 11/1/2015: 69.2
  2. Gladstone B. (Skip) Adams, Bishop of Central New York. gba131@aol.com . Age on 11/1/2015: 63.3
  3. Neil Alexander, Bishop of Atlanta. bishop@episcopalatlanta.org. Age on 11/1/2015: 61.8
  4. Lloyd Allen, Bishop of Honduras. obispoallen@yahoo.com. Age on 11/1/2015: 59.1 Bishop of Color
  5. Jon Bruno, Bishop of Los Angeles. brunojj@earthlink.net. Age on 11/1/2015: 69.0
  6. Bruce Caldwell, Bishop of Wyoming. Bruce@wydiocese.org. Age on 11/1/2015: 68.3
  7. Steven Charleston, Former Bishop of Alaska, President & Dean of Episcopal Divinity School. scharleston@eds.edu. Age on 11/1/2015: 66.7.  Bishop of Color
    8. [Did not have jurisdiction to vote whether to consent to NH in 2003]
  8. Michael Curry, Bishop of North Carolina. MICHAELSHARONC@aol.com. Age on 11/1/2015: 62.6.  Bishop of Color
  9. Clifton Daniel, Bishop of East Carolina. diocese.ec@coastalnet.com. Age on 11/1/2015: 68.3
  10. Theodore A. Daniels, Resigned Bishop of Virgin Islands tad931@worldnet.att.net. Age on 11/1/2015: 71.0. Bishop of Color
  11. Philip Duncan, Bishop of Central Gulf Coast. philipduncan@infi.net. Age on 11/1/2015: 70.9
  12. Robert Duncan, Bishop of Pittsburgh. duncan@pgh.anglican.org. Age on 11/1/2015: 67.3
  13. Francisco Duque-Gomez, Bishop of Colombia. frankduque@latinmail.com. Age on 11/1/2015: 65.1. Bishop of Color
  14. J. Zache Duracin, Bishop of Haiti. epihaiti@globelsud.net. Age on 11/1/2015: 68.7. Bishop of Color
  15. Thomas C. Ely, Bishop of Vermont. thomasely@juno.com. Age on 11/1/2015: 63.9
  16. Christopher Epting, Bishop for Ecumenical Relations. BISHOP.EPTING@ECUNET.ORG. Age on 11/1/2015: 68.9
    17. [Did not have jurisdiction to vote whether to consent to NH in 2003]
  17. Michael Garrison, Bishop of Western New York. michael.garrison4@gte.net. Age on 11/1/2015: 70.6
  18. Robert Gepert, Bishop of Western Michigan. rgepert@edwm.org. Age on 11/1/2015: 67.19
  19. Wendell Gibbs, Bishop of Michigan. bishopwng@aol.com. Age on 11/1/2015: 61.6. Bishop of Color
  20. Duncan Gray III, Bishop of Mississippi. duncan.m.gray.iii@ecunet.org. Age on 11/1/2015: 66.1
  21. William Gregg, Bishop of Eastern Oregon. edeo@gorge.net. Age on 11/1/2015: 64.8
  22. Edwin Gulick, Bishop of Kentucky. TGULICK@ecunet.org. Age on 11/1/2015: 67.3
  23. Julio C. Holguin-Khoury, Bishop of Dominican Republic. h.khoury@codetel.net.do. Age on 11/1/2015: 67.3. Bishop of Color
  24. Jack Iker, Bishop of Fort Worth. jliker@dfw.net. Age on 11/1/2015: 66.2
  25. Russell E. Jacobus, Bishop of Fond du Lac. bishop@episcopalfonddulac.org. Age on 11/1/2015: 71.1
  26. Katharine Jefferts Schori, Bishop of Nevada. kjefferts@aol.com. Age on 11/1/2015: 61.6 Female
  27. Charles Jenkins, Bishop of Louisiana. bishoflouisiana@mindspring.com. Age on 11/1/2015: 64.3
  28. Don E. Johnson, Bishop of West Tennessee. resmail@bellsouth.net. Age on 11/1/2015: 66.8
  29. James A. Kelsey, Bishop of Northern Michigan. jim.kelsey@ecunet.org. Age on 11/1/2015: 63.2
  30. William Michie (Mike) Klusmeyer, Bishop of West Virginia. frmike@aol.com. Age on 11/1/2015: 60.0
  31. Chilton Knudsen, Bishop of Maine. Chilton.knudsen@ecunet.org. Age on 11/1/2015: 69.1 Female
  32. James Krotz, Retired Bishop of Nebraska. diocese@episcopal-ne.org. Age on 11/1/2015: 67.2
    33. Retired in 2003.
  33. David Jung-Hsin Lai, Bishop of Taiwan. skhtpe@ms12.hinet.net. Age on 11/1/2015: 67.66 >Bishop of Color
  34. John Lipscomb, Bishop of Southwest Florida. jlipscom@dioceseswfla.org. Age on 11/1/2015: 65.3
  35. Edward Little, Bishop of Northern Indiana. NorthInd7@juno.com. Age on 11/1/2015: 68.8
  36. Mark MacDonald, Bishop of Alaska. mmacdonald@gci.net. Age on 11/1/2015: 61.8
  37. Paul Marshall, Bishop of Bethlehem. Alfredo Morante, Bishop of Litoral Ecuador. . Age on 11/1/2015: 69.1.   Bishop of Color
  38. Henry Parsley, Bishop of Alabama. hparsley@dioala.org. Age on 11/1/2015: 67.0
  39. F. Neff Powell, Bishop of Southwestern Virginia. npowell@dioswva.org. Age on 11/1/2015: 67.8
  40. Stacy Sauls, Bishop of Lexington. sfsauls@ure.net. Age on 11/1/2015: 59.9
  41. Gordon Scruton, Bishop of Western Massachusetts. gscruton@diocesewma.org. Age on 11/1/2015: 68.7
    42. [abstained on consents to NH]
  42. Thomas Shaw, Bishop of Massachusetts. . Age on 11/1/2015: 70.2
  43. James Stanton, Bishop of Dallas. Jmsdallas@aol.com. Age on 11/1/2015: 69.0
  44. Charles vonRosenberg, Bishop of East Tennessee. CGvonR@etdiocese.net. Age on 11/1/2015: 68.3
  45. James E. Waggoner, Jr., Bishop of Spokane. jimw@spokanediocese.org. Age on 11/1/2015: 67.8
  46. Catherine (Cate) Waynick, Bishop of Indianapolis. hob929@aol.com. Age on 11/1/2015: 67.0. Female
  47. Keith Whitmore, Bishop of Eau Claire. dioeau@aol.com. Age on 11/1/2015: 69.9. 
  48. Geralyn Wolf, Bishop of Rhode Island. bishop@episcopalri.org. Age on 11/1/2015: 68.5.  Female
  49. Wayne Wright, Bishop of Delaware. waynewright@dioceseofdelaware.net. Age on 11/1/2015: 64.5

Bishops Suffragan Who Could Serve a Full 9-Year Term

  1. Mark Andrus, Bishop Suffragan of Alabama. mandrus@dioala.org. Age on 11/1/2015: 59.03
  2. Roy F. (Bud) Cederholm, Bishop Suffragan of Massachusetts. budc@diomass.org. Age on 11/1/2015: 71.3
  3. James Curry, Bishop Suffragan of Connecticut. jcurry@ctdiocese.org. Age on 11/1/2015: 67.3
  4. F. Clayton Matthews, Resigned Bishop Suffragan Virginia and Director of the Office of Pastoral Development. F_Clayton_Matthews@ecunet.org. Age on 11/1/2015: 67.8
  5. John Rabb, Bishop Suffragan of Maryland. jrabb@ang-md.org. Age on 11/1/2015: 71.1
  6. Victor Scantlebury, Resigned Bishop Suffragan of Panama, Assisting Bishop of Chicago. Bpvictor864@ameritech.net. Age on 11/1/2015: 70.6.  Bishop of Color
  7. Pierre W. Whalon, Bishop Suffragan in Charge of the Convocation of American Churches in Europe. bishop@tec-europe.org. Age on 11/1/2015: 62.97.


Note:

No canon prevents a suffragan from being nominated, but it seems highly unlikely.

No canon requires that nominees be of an age to be able to serve a full term.  All nominated by the Committee in 1997 would have been able to serve a full term, but Bishop Herb Thompson, nominated from the floor, would have been able to serve only a six-year term.
 

Ordinaries Who Could Serve a 6-Year Term

  1. David Andres Alvarez-Velazquez , Bishop of Puerto Rico. obispoalvarez@spiderlink.net. Age on 11/1/2015: 74.24 Bishop of Color
  2. Craig Anderson, Resigned Bishop of South Dakota and Headmaster of St. Paul's School, NH. anderson@sps.edu. Age on 11/1/2015: 73.72 [Did not have jurisdiction at time consents to NH were taken; was a co-consecrator of NH]
  3. David Bane, Bishop of Southern Virginia. DCBJR@AOL.COM. Age on 11/1/2015: 73.1
  4. Charles Bennison, Bishop of Pennsylvania. cbenni4455@aol.com. Age on 11/1/2015: 71.9
  5. Richard Chang, Bishop of Hawaii. . Age on 11/1/2015: 73.9 Bishop of Color
  6. Joe Doss, Retired Bishop of New Jersey. . Age on 11/1/2015: 72.6 [Did not have jurisdiction to vote whether to consent to NH in 2003]
  7. Andrew Fairfield, Retired Bishop of North Dakota. andydiond@aol.com. Age on 11/1/2015: 72.4
  8. Leopold Frade, Bishop of Southeast Florida. bishopfrade@aol.com. Age on 11/1/2015: 72.1 Bishop of Color
  9. Dan Herzog, Bishop of Albany. bishop@global2000.net. Age on 11/1/2015: 74.3
  10. Barry Howe, Bishop of West Missouri. barryroberthowe@cs.com. Age on 11/1/2015: 73.0
  11. John W. Howe, Bishop of Central Florida. BCF3@aol.com. Age on 11/1/2015: 73.0
  12. Gethin Hughes, Retired Bishop of San Diego. see_sandiego@n2.net. Age on 11/1/2015: 73.1
  13. Robert Ihloff, Bishop of Maryland. Rihloff@ang-md.org. Age on 11/1/2015: 74.5
  14. James Jelinek, Bishop of Minnesota. gary.g@episcopalmn.org. Age on 11/1/2015: 73.5
  15. Larry Maze, Bishop of Arkansas. Bishopmaze@aol.com. Age on 11/1/2015: 72.1
  16. Jack McKelvey, Bishop of Rochester. BpJackM@aol.com. Age on 11/1/2015: 74.1
  17. C. Wallis Ohl, Bishop of Northwest Texas. bishop@nwt.org. Age on 11/1/2015: 72.0
  18. William Persell, Bishop of Chicago. dskidmore@epischicago.org. Age on 11/1/2015: 72.5
  19. Creighton Robertson, Bishop of South Dakota. CREIGHTON_ROBERTSON@ecunet.org. Age on 11/1/2015: 71.7 Bishop of Color
  20. Robert Rowley, Bishop of Northwestern Pennsylvania. RDRowleyJr@aol.com. Age on 11/1/2015: 74.3
  21. Mark S. Sisk, Bishop of New York. bpsisk@dioceseny.org. Age on 11/1/2015: 73.2
  22. Andrew Smith, Bishop of Connecticut. adsmith@ctdiocese.org. Age on 11/1/2015: 71.8
  23. Martin Townsend, Retired Bishop of Easton. townsendmg@aol.com. Age on 11/1/2015: 72.2 [Did not have jurisdiction to vote whether to consent to NH in 2003]
  24. Orris G. Walker, Bishop of Long Island. owalker@dioceseli.org. Age on 11/1/2015: 73.0 Bishop of Color

Suffragans Who Could Serve a 6-Year Term

  1. David Bena, Bishop Suffragan of Albany. . Age on 11/1/2015: 71.9
  2. David Jones, Bishop Suffragan of Virginia. David_Colin_Jones@ecunet.org. Age on 11/1/2015: 72.4
  3. Rodney Michel, Bishop Suffragan of Long Island. RodMitre@aol.com. Age on 11/1/2015: 72.7
  4. George Packard, Bishop Suffragan of Armed Forces, Health Services, and Prisons. gpackard@episcopalchurch.org. Age on 11/1/2015: 71.7
  5. Kenneth Price, Bishop Suffragan of Southern Ohio. BishopKen@aol.com. Age on 11/1/2015: 72.4
  6. Catherine S. Roskam, Bishop Suffragan of New York. csr125@aol.com. Age on 11/1/2015: 72.4 Female
  7. Chester L. Talton, Bishop Suffragan of Los Angeles. suffragan@ladiocese.org. Age on 11/1/2015: 74.1 Bishop of Color

Caveat!

Posted here with the permission of Br. Thomas. I have not yet decided whether I agree with him. -- L.

Date: 02 Apr 2003 14:37:38 -0800
From: "Thomas Bushnell, BSG" tb@becket.net
To: Louie Crew lcrew@andromeda.rutgers.edu
Subject: Re: [HoB/D] bishops --> those eligible to be the 26th PB

Louie Crew writes:

> That is the way the nominating committees have interpreted this canon
> regarding translation.

The nominating committees may well decide that they aren't going to nominate anyone who hasn't been in place for five years. This may be a wise decision. I just mean to say that it isn't required by the canon, and the committee should not be hoodwinked into thinking it is. Just as there is no requirement that one be a diocesan bishop, and yet, some people seem to believe that there is a canonical requirement there. I think that your tables do a disservice when they lump in prudential judgments (you should have been there five years, you should be a diocesan, you have to be able to serve the term without retirement) along with the canonical ones.

The actual canon is a restriction on the election to particular offices of people already ordained bishop, and applies only to those offices.

Similarly, there is no canon which says that a PB must serve a full term without retirement; there are instead explicit provisions for what to do if a PB dies or retires partway through his term.

And there is not even a hint of anything requiring that only diocesans be elected PB.

Thomas

In addition to the bishops I have listed above, bishops with consecration numbers 974 or higher are made eligible by Br. Thomas's point of view.

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