Bishop Search/Transition Update #14
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The Search/Nomination Committee and the Transition Committee are providing updates on the Search Process through these regular emails.
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The consent documents waiting to go
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The Rev. Mark D.W. Edington, our Bishop-elect, can only be ordained and consecrated when a
majority of the Standing Committees of all Episcopal dioceses and of all diocesan bishops
have approved his election.
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On December 5, after having provided all required documents and certificates, we received permission to start the consent process!
110 letters and emails have now been sent, consisting of a considerable amount of paper. With Advent and Christmas, it will take a while before we receive the necessary consents, and we will have to practice that rare discipline of “patient waiting.” But this allows us to focus on the preparations for the Consecration weekend.
A CELEBRATION OF OUR MINISTRY
April 5 and 6, 2019, will be a celebration of the ministry and mission of the Convocation. We will look back on and rejoice in Bishop Pierre’s ministry and welcome Mark Edington as he is ordained and consecrated as our Bishop to begin a new chapter in the life of the Convocation.
While we hope especially that the lay and clergy leadership of all our parishes and missions, as well as the chairs and members of all the Convocation commissions and committees will be able to come, the whole Convocation is invited! There will be an official registration process, once we have received the necessary number of consents. But you might want to start making arrangements for travel and accommodation.
Timetable for the Consecration weekend:
- April 5, 6.30 pm:
- Farewell and Welcome Celebration at the Cathedral in Paris
- April 6, 11 am:
- Ordination and Consecration of the new Bishop in Charge at the Cathedral in Paris, followed by a Reception
- April 7, 11 am:
- Holy Eucharist: Presiding Bishop Michael Curry presiding and preaching
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GIFTS FOR OUR NEW BISHOP IN CHARGE
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Historically the new bishop is given gifts of the many required items – crozier, pectoral cross, ring and vestments.
The Presiding Bishop and Bishop-elect Mark Edington‘s diocese and parish have offered some of them, but the vestments remain to be purchased.
We hope the Convocation churches can join together to do that. We are accepting donations of any size in U.S. dollars and euros.
If you are interested in contributing, please contact
[email protected]
for details. Thank you for your support
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WHALON FUND FOR THE CREATIVE ARTS
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OUR GIFT
: The Whalon Fund for the Creative Arts
From The Rev. Sunny Hallanan....
"When I think about our going-away gift for Bishop Whalon, I’m reminded of the time I gave my mother a cat for her birthday. Of course it was her cat, but I and my whole family benefited from the gift for many years.
"In the same way, we will honor Bishop Whalon for years to come, and also benefit from this gift.
"In the next few months every congregation and group in the church will be encouraged to take a little time to think about how creative arts enhance our relationship with God, and how we might grow spiritually as well as reach beyond our church with more opportunities in the arts, inspired by our Bishop who is himself a musician, married to someone with is also artistic. You will be hearing more ideas and details in the Epiphany season."
Of course, you don’t have to wait to already begin to contribute to this fund. Just follow the instructions at
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Please continue to hold everyone involved in this process in prayer, especially the Transition Committee, the Office of the Presiding Bishop, Bishop Pierre and Bishop-elect Mark.
In Christ,
The Transition Committee
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More Information is on Bishop Search Website
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For further information about the Bishop-elect Mark Edington see
This site includes:
- Biographical and other information
- The Convocation Profile, which was developed by the Bishop Search and Nomination Committee, both in an on-line and a downloadable form.
- It also includes other information about the Convocation, which will assist persons who are interested in the bishop search process, including a description of the Convocation Parishes and Missions.
- The Bishop Search has engendered great interest in the Episcopal Church and elsewhere in the Anglican Communion.
Previous Bishop Search Update E-Mails....
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The Episcopal Church in Europe
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The Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe
is one of four Anglican jurisdictions in continental Europe. The other Anglican jurisdictions in Europe are: the
Lusitanian Church of Portugal
, the
Reformed Episcopal Church of Spain
, and the
Church of England's
Diocese of Gibraltar in Europe
. The Convocation is a jurisdiction of the Presiding Bishop and Primate of The Episcopal Church,
the Most Rev. Michael B. Curry
. The Episcopal Church is one of 39 provinces of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the Episcopal Church is present in 16 countries around the world.
The Bishop in Charge of the Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe, a suffragan bishop to the Presiding Bishop, is based at The American Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in Paris. There are congregations in France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Switzerland, and Austria. The Convocation functions both as a European Church with a legal corporate structure based in France, as well as being a diocesan-like jurisdiction of the Episcopal Church.
The Episcopal Church has been present in Europe since 1815. The Convocation was created by a Canon of General Convention in 1859, and Bishops in Charge were appointed by the Presiding Bishop. Some were diocesan Bishops or recently retired Bishops, who exercised oversight on a part-time basis. Bishops in Charge have been resident in Europe since 1960.
The first full-time resident Bishop in Charge was the Rt. Rev. Edmond Browning (1971-1974).
The first Bishop in Charge to be elected by the Convocation itself
and the first to be ordained and consecrated in Europe is our present Bishop, the Rt. Rev. Pierre Whalon, who was elected in 2001 and consecrated in St. Paul's Within the Walls Episcopal Church in Rome on November 18, 2001.
Bishop Whalon announced his intention to resign as Bishop in Charge effective July 2019. This initiated a Search Process for our second elected Bishop in Charge of the Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe.
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The Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe | 23 avenue George V, 75008 Paris, France
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