Search results for Bishop Elections

Northwestern Pennsylvania diocese announces two candidates for ninth bishop

[Episcopal News Service] The Diocese of Northwestern Pennsylvania Standing Committee announced May 15 that the diocese’s bishop search committee had released a slate of two candida...

Keith Chen-Cheng Li elected seventh bishop of Taiwan

[Episcopal News Service] The Rev. Keith Chen-Cheng Li, rector of Good Shepherd Church in Taiwan, was elected the seventh bishop of Taiwan on May 9 during the annual diocesan conven...

Bishop of Bangor

Following the decision not to appoint an interim Bishop of Bangor, the Church in Wales has started the procedure to elect the next Bishop of Bangor. Details are in a notice publish...

Elizabeth Berman elected sixth bishop of Hawai‘i

[Episcopal News Service] The Rev. Elizabeth “Libby” Berman was elected the sixth bishop of the Diocese of Hawai’i on May 16 at the ‘Iolani School in Honolulu on O’ahu. Berman was e...

The Rev. Adam J. Shoemaker elected ninth bishop of the Diocese of Long Island

[Diocese of Long Island] The Rev. Adam J. Shoemaker was elected ninth bishop of the Diocese of Long Island on April 18 by nearly 300 clergy and lay delegates, meeting at the Cathed...

Another attempt to appoint a Bishop of Bangor

from Religion Media Centre Another attempt to appoint the next Bishop of Bangor is to be made by the Church in Wales electoral college at a meeting on 16 – 18 June. The last bishop...

Church of England House of Bishops meeting May 2026

Press Release, Media Centre. The House of Bishops met in person from 19th to 21st May in York. The House spent time discussing the Church of England’s Faith and Order Commission’s...

Taryn Montgomery elected bishop of the Northeastern Minnesota Synod

Taryn Montgomery, Duluth, Minn., was elected April 25 to serve a six-year term as bishop of the Northeastern Minnesota Synod of the ELCA. The election took place during the synod.....

Bishop Dalby appeals ‘harsh’ deposition

THE Bishop of The Murray, in Australia, the Rt Revd Keith Dalby, has launched an appeal against the decision of the Episcopal Standards Board to depose him from Holy Orders. The B...

Amy Current reelected bishop of Southeastern Iowa Synod

Amy Current, Mount Vernon, Iowa, was reelected May 15 to serve a second six-year term as bishop of the Southeastern Iowa Synod of the ELCA. The election took place during... The po...

Miguelina Howell consecrated 10th bishop of Western Massachusetts

[Diocese of Western Massachusetts] The Diocese of Western Massachusetts ordained and consecrated the Rt. Rev. Miguelina Howell as its 10th bishop on April 25 at Christ Church Cathe...

Georgian Synod selects three candidates for Patriarchal throne

The three candidates receiving the most votes, Metropolitans Shio, Iob, and Grigol, will now advance to an expanded Church assembly, which will be held by May 17, to elect the next...

Bishop of Brixworth

The Prime Minister’s Office has this morning announced that the next Bishop of Brizworth is to the Ven Alex Hughes, currently Archdeacon of Cambridge. Further information os on the...

Bishop Shio elected as new Patriarch of Georgia with 22 votes — voting results

RIP: Former Southern Ohio Bishop Thomas Breidenthal dies at 75

[Diocese of Southern Ohio] The Episcopal Diocese of Southern Ohio gives thanks for the life and ministry of its ninth bishop diocesan, the Rt. Rev. Thomas E. Breidenthal, who died...

Former city curate appointed Bishop of Brixworth

A former Oxford curate has been appointed as the new Bishop of Brixworth.

Justin Grimm elected bishop of the Saint Paul Area Synod

Justin Grimm, St. Paul, Minn., was elected May 16 to serve a six-year term as bishop of the Saint Paul Area Synod of the ELCA. The election took place during... The post Justin Gri...

House of Bishops meeting May 2026

The Church of England’s House of Bishops met in York this week, and following the meeting issued a press release, which is copied below. The agenda of the meeting, but not the pape...

Sarah K. Fisher consecrated East Carolina’s ninth bishop

[Diocese of East Carolina] The Diocese of East Carolina ordained and consecrated the Rt. Rev. Sarah K. Fisher as its 9th bishop on May 23 at the Riverfront Convention Center in New...

Joy Mortensen-Wiebe reelected bishop of South-Central Synod of Wisconsin

Joy Mortensen-Wiebe, Madison, Wis., was reelected May 16 to serve a second six-year term as bishop of the South-Central Synod of Wisconsin of the ELCA. The election took place duri...

Archdeacon of Cambridge to be the next Bishop of Brixworth

THE next Bishop of Brixworth, in the diocese of Peterborough, is to be the Archdeacon of Cambridge, the Ven. Dr Alex Hughes, Downing Street announced on Friday. He will succeed th...

Gregory Kimura consecrated sixth bishop of San Joaquin

[Episcopal News Service] The Diocese of San Joaquin consecrated and seated the Rt. Rev. Gregory Kimura as its sixth bishop on April 18 at St. James Episcopal Cathedral in Fresno, C...

Synod study group calls for greater role for laity in the selection of bishops

A study group established by Pope Francis after the Synod on Synodality has called for a greater role for the laity and clergy in the selection of bishops, especially by involving...

Action is needed to fill vacant sees

TODAY, I will be at the chrism service. As lay chair of Southwark diocesan synod, it is my privilege to ask the bishops who lead and serve us to renew their commitment to “watching...