UPDATE: 2 Fishers elected in one day. See below.
The Very Rev. Robert Wright has been elected Bishop of Atlanta, and the Rev. Dr. Doug Fisher has been elected Bishop of Western Massachusetts.
Earlier in the day, the Very Rev. Nicholas Knisely was elected Bishop of Rhode Island. The election for suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Texas is still in progress.
UPDATE:
Reports from Episcopal News Service on the elections:
The Rev Douglas John Fisher in Western Massachusetts
The Very Rev. Robert C. Wright in Atlanta
The Very Rev. Nicholas Knisely in Rhode Island.
The Rev. Jeff Fisher, suffragan in Texas
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And congratulations to our own Nicholas Knisely, contributor here at the Cafe!
Marshall Scott
No relation to either, as far as I know . . . but congrats and blessings to all!
JC Fisher
Jeff Fisher in Texas