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Who's the next bishop of the Diocese of Washington?

Following up on the announcement several months ago of the impending retirement of Bishop Chane of Washington, word came our way earlier this week, but slipped through the cracks and waited for a slow Sunday afternoon:

BISHOP OF WASHINGTON SEARCH
The name of any person may be submitted for consideration, subject to the canonical requirement that the person be at least 30 years old at the time of the election in June 2011. Names may be submitted by mail or email, and must be delivered by October 15, along with the person's contact information, CDO profile, resume, and responses to a short list of questions, and two letters of support (one lay and one clergy). The
candidate application is found on our web site, http://search.edow.org.

The Rev. Dr Joan E. Beilstein
Clerical Deputy to GC
Chair of the Transition Committee
Diocese of Washington

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Comments (11)

Two words: Jeffrey John?

Posted by David da Silva Cornell | September 26, 2010 8:54 PM

Dreaming dreams of great wisdom, honesty, integrity and joy:

The Very Reverend Jeffrey John

Posted by Leonardoricardosanto.blogspot.com | September 26, 2010 11:34 PM

I can't say that on reading the profile that Dean John's name was the first one that came to mind. Nothing against the dean, whom I think should now be the Bishop of Reading, but the fit doesn't seem right, and it would be wrong to elect him simply to make a statement.

Posted by Jim Naughton | September 27, 2010 8:24 AM

Here's the name of someone I heard recently and I thought he was very good.

http://www.ang-md.org/sutton/sutton.php

Posted by Bonnie Spivey | September 27, 2010 10:24 AM

Well, blessings to Washington on their process. We are coming to election in West Missouri in a matter now of weeks, and we're praying hard.

Marshall Scott

Posted by Execute | September 27, 2010 11:30 AM

Bishop Sutton is a wonderful suggestion.

Posted by Leonardoricardosanto.blogspot.com | September 27, 2010 11:42 AM

I am a fan of the Bishop of Maryland. He is, however, the Bishop of Maryland, and hasn't been at that job so long that he could gracefully move to a new one, assuming he wanted to, which I have no reason to believe that he does.

Posted by Jim Naughton | September 27, 2010 2:03 PM

@Jim: Re "I can't say that on reading the profile that Dean John's name was the first one that came to mind. Nothing against the dean, whom I think should now be the Bishop of Reading, but the fit doesn't seem right, and it would be wrong to elect him simply to make a statement."

Agreed, that would be wrong.

But in reading through the search profile, the "central characteristics" that the profile says the people of the Diocese want do indeed seem to me a solid fit with Dr. John and his ministry experience: "Visionary leader with a broad ministry"; "Spiritual pastor"; "Engage and grow into the job"; and "Steward of resources" (each of these being more fully fleshed out in the profile).

But you're on the ground in the Diocese and I'm not, so perhaps I misunderstand what is being sought.

Posted by David da Silva Cornell | September 27, 2010 2:09 PM

David, you have a point. He does fit those descriptions.

Posted by Jim Naughton | September 27, 2010 2:18 PM

Why would it be wrong to elect Dr. John? Glasspool and Robinson were elected to make statements, what would make him so different besides him having to move across the pond?

Posted by Richard Jackson | September 27, 2010 10:19 PM

I am sure that The Episcopal Church has many very fine candidates who could rise to the awesome challenges posed in this Search Profile, but the Very Revd Jeffrey John certainly would!

What Jeffrey would bring to all this would be "substance" and "depth" and from these would flow "credibility".

Everyone who knows Jeffrey recognises him as a first class evangelist, a serious and studious thinker, a stupendous pastor and a person with a deep spirituality that lives in the sparkle in his eyes.

If JJ has a fault then they are more of perception than reality - his lack of frivolity is sometimes seen as a lack of humour - while his genuine humility can seem awkward to those who always have a ready answer.

I think Washington would be blessed to get him though I hope he may still find a cathedra here!!!

Posted by Martin Reynolds | September 28, 2010 4:25 PM

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