The Rev’d Dr. Ian T. Douglas, 50, of the Episcopal Divinity School, Cambridge, MA was elected on the 2^nd ballot as 15^th Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut at the church’s annual diocesan convention at Christ Church Cathedral, Hartford.  One of four candidates presented by the diocesan nominating committee, Bishop-Elect Douglas out-polled The Rt. Rev’d James Curry, Bishop Suffragan by 90 votes (169-79) in the clergy order and by 77 votes (150 to 73) in the lay order, achieving the necessary plurality on just the second ballot.  Election of a candidate from outside the Connecticut diocese is virtually unprecedented in the nation’s oldest Episcopal diocese.

Bishop-elect Douglas will be consecrated and installed on April 17, 2010 at the cathedral by the Most Rev’d Katherine Schori, Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, U.S.A.