Christ Episcopal Church Guilford, CT » Bishop http://christchurchguilford.org On the Guilford Green Thu, 20 May 2010 12:45:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Massachusetts Priest Elected 15th Bishop of Connecticut http://christchurchguilford.org/2009/10/25/massachusetts-priest-elected-15th-bishop-of-connecticut/ http://christchurchguilford.org/2009/10/25/massachusetts-priest-elected-15th-bishop-of-connecticut/#comments Sun, 25 Oct 2009 11:36:50 +0000 admin http://christchurchguilford.org/?p=295 The Rev’d Dr. Ian T. Douglas, 50, of the Episcopal Divinity School, Cambridge, MA was elected on the 2nd ballot as 15th 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.

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