From Lisa at My Manner of Life, comes the news that the bishop-elect of my diocese, Morris Thompson, received the necessary consents to be consecrated 11th bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana.
Also, Rev. Diane Jardine Bruce received consents to be consecrated bishop suffragan of the Diocese of Los Angeles and the Rev. W. Andrew Waldo received consents to be consecrated 8th bishop of the Diocese of Upper South Carolina on Dec. 12.
Good news all around
Prayers of thanksgiving, indeed.
ReplyDeleteDo you hope to attend his consecration?
Yay! Good news!
ReplyDeleteGreat news!
ReplyDeleteYea!
ReplyDeleteLisa, God willing and the bayou don't flood, I plan to be at the consecration.
ReplyDeleteExcitement!
ReplyDeleteAnd now we have to keep praying that Mary Glasspool receives the necessary number of consents!
ReplyDeleteEXCELLENT! Wow, such good news, the really good news.
ReplyDeleteWhiteycat, indeed we must pray for Mary Glasspool to get consents.
ReplyDeleteLeo, the bishops-elect who received consents were, indeed, expected to be approved. Whether Mary Glasspool, a partnered lesbian, will receive consents is still open to question. Pray for her and for the church.
Grandmère, Thanks be to God that Louisiana has received the necessary consents for Fr. Thompson to be consecrated the next Bishop of Louisiana. I know that, even though the process is pretty much a formality, everyone is relieved when it is finalized. Of course, I am still praying for Mary Glasspool. I hope our church has enough moxie to come through and do the right thing no matter what the rest of the Anglican Communion might think one way or the other.
ReplyDeleteThat is much to be thankful for with all that has happened lately. Grandmère, thank you for passing on this wonderful news.
ReplyDeleteI hope you do, Grandmère. In my few years as an Episcopalian, I've had the chance to attend two episcopal consecrations and one for a PB. They are truly marvelous!
ReplyDeleteI attended Bishop Jenkins consecration with a Roman Catholic friend, who had been quite distressed when I joined TEC, lost sleep over my decision, so he said, who wanted to see what an Episcopalian consecration ceremony was like.
ReplyDeleteSo what did he think of the consecration, Mimi?
ReplyDeleteLisa, I don't believe my friend had ever been to a consecration ceremony for a bishop in the RCC, so he could not make a comparison. To be quite honest, we both thought the ceremony ran long at over three hours. I hope that the planners of the coming consecration tighten up a bit.
ReplyDeleteAh. That raises a question: Are RC consecrations for bishops even open to the hoi polloi? I don't think I've ever read of one.
ReplyDeleteI think the clergy ordinations and episcopal consecrations I've attended ran a bit over 2 hours. The longer ones were long because they didn't have an efficient means of offering communion expeditiously -- not because of the service itself. YMMV, of course.
Lisa, I did not attend a consecration in my 60 years in the RCC. I never even thought about going, because I assumed that the ceremony was by invitation only. With Bp. Jenkins, the numbers after places were made for the dignitaries were limited, so the first to sign up were the ones who got to attend.
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