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New Hampshire diocese names 3 nominees to slate for 11th bishop

[Episcopal Church of New Hampshire] After an extensive search process, the Standing Committee of the Episcopal Church of New Hampshire has selected three candidates for the 11th bi...

Diocese of the Great Lakes announces three nominees for first bishop

[Episcopal News Service] The Diocese of the Great Lakes announced on July 22 a slate of three nominees for its first bishop. The nominees are: The Rev. Terri Bays, canon to the ord...

Diocese of the Dominican Republic announces bishop coadjutor slate

[Episcopal News Service] The Standing Committee of the Diocese of the Dominican Republic on Aug. 7 released a slate of four candidates for bishop coadjutor. The candidates are:   T...

Lexington diocese elects David Sibley its ninth bishop

[Diocese of Lexington] The Diocese of Lexington elected the Rev. David Sibley as its ninth bishop on the second ballot during a special electing convention held on Aug. 1 at Christ...

Wisconsin bishop announces plans to retire in 2028, calls for election of successor

[Episcopal News Service] Wisconsin Bishop Matthew Gunther issued a call for the election of his successor on July 29, saying he intends to retire in 2028 when the new bishop is con...

Alaska bishop announces plan to retire in 2028

[Episcopal News Service] Alaska Bishop Mark Lattime announced in an Aug. 25 message to his diocese a call for the election of his successor, saying he plans to retire on Feb. 26, 2...

Bishop Gerasim nominated as Bishop of the South

A Special Nominating Assembly of the Diocese of the South was held today at St. Justin Martyr Church in Jacksonville, FL

Ordinations for Bathurst Diocese announced for 22 August

From the Diocese of Bathurst – “Bishop Mark [Calder] has announced today that, God willing, five people will be ordained at All Saints’ Cathedral, Bathurst, on Saturday 22 August a...

Bishops’ votes on same-sex relationships

The voting lists from this month’s meeting of General Synod are now available; see separate post. Readers may be particularly interested in how the bishops voted (or did not vote)...

Four Australian dioceses pray for wisdom in seeking new leaders

Bishop Garry Weatherill of the Diocese of Ballarat is retiring. Consequently, “prayers have been prepared for use in the Diocese of Ballarat during the time of discernment and elec...

Bathurst Bishop’s Newsletter — August 2026

Read the latest from the Diocese of Bathurst in The Bishop’s Newsletter for August 2026 – including – “We give great thanks to God for the upcoming ordinations and commissioning on...

Northwestern Pennsylvania diocese elects Jenifer Chatfield as its ninth bishop

[Diocese of Northwestern Pennsylvania] The Rev. Jenifer Chatfield, rector of St. Edmund’s Episcopal Church in San Marino, California, was elected the ninth bishop of the Diocese of...

The episcopal ordination of Bishop Emilio Biosca

Hello and welcome! Earlier this month, I had the pleasure of meeting at the cathedral with Thaddeus Kennedy, a young law student at Harvard who was referred by Professor Mary Ann G...

Bishop of Salisbury: CDM Complaints

We reported in April that the Bishop of Salisbury had stepped back from ministry. The Church of England has now issued the following press release. Clergy Discipline complaints aga...

Bishop Chomba elected Kankoyo MP as IndependentВ 

FORMER Minister of Water Development, Sanitation and Environmental Protection, Bishop Edward Chomba, has been elected Member of Parliament for Kankoyo Constituency after polling 6,...

New Bishop appointed to Diocese of Derry which covers parts of Donegal

A call to be trusted messengers in this election season

Editor’s note: Yehiel Curry, presiding bishop of the ELCA, has issued his fourth entry in “All together in one place,” a series of monthly messages. Each message shares a pastoral...

All Saints’ Cathedral Bathurst seeks its next Dean

Via the Diocese of Bathurst Facebook account – “All Saints’ Cathedral Bathurst is seeking its next Dean. The Cathedral is both the principal church of the Diocese of Bathurst and a...

Anglican church gets four new bishops

The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) has elected four new Anglican bishops for dioceses across the country. Learn about the new episcopal leaders. Read More: https://punchng...

Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane to retire

I missed this when it was announced last month, but the Right Rev Ian Paton will retire as Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane on 1 November this year. Details are on the we...

Bishop of Leeds

It has been announced from 10 Downing Street that the next Bishop of Leeds is to be the Rt Revd Toby Howarth, currently Area Bishop of Bradford in the diocese of Leeds. There is fu...

The Wandering Bishops

Damian Thompson, First Things Immediately after the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) consecrated four new bishops in an Alpine meadow next to its seminary at Écône, Switzerland, it re...

In de Oud-Katholieke Kerk stemmen ze voor een nieuwe bisschop – en dat kan ook een vrouw worden

General Synod electronic voting results – July 2026

The electronic voting results from this month’s meeting of General Synod are now available online. These contain the names of voting members and how they voted. Item 14 Item 19 [se...