Episcopal Press and News
EAST TENNESSEE: Diocese announces bishop nominee slate
Episcopal News Service. November 11, 2010 [111110-02]
ENS staff
Four priests, all from outside of the Episcopal Diocese of East Tennessee, have been chosen to stand for election as the Knoxville-based diocese's fourth bishop.
The four are:
- the Rev. Frank Crumbaugh III, 57, rector, Holy Innocents' Church, Beach Haven, New Jersey (Diocese of New Jersey);
- the Rev. Frederick DuMontier Devall IV, 41, rector, St. Martin's Church, Metairie, Louisiana (Diocese of Louisiana);
- the Rev. Lisa S. Hunt, 51, rector, St. Stephen's Church, Houston (Diocese of Texas); and
- the Rev. George Young III, 55, rector, St. Peter's Church, Fernandina Beach (Amelia Island), Florida (Diocese of Florida).
More information about the nominees is available here. Addition biographical details about the nominees and the search process is also due to be posted on that webpage soon, according to a press release from the diocese.
The person selected will succeed Bishop Charles vonRosenberg, who announced his retirement plans in October 2009.
The nominating committee received 85 names from 25 states and the District of Columbia, according to the press release. The diocese's clergy and laity may petition the Standing Committee to have nominees added to the slate through Dec 3. The petition form can be found here.
The election will be held on Feb. 12 at St. John's Cathedral in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Under the canons (III.11.4) of the Episcopal Church, a majority of bishops exercising jurisdiction and diocesan standing committees must consent to a bishop-elect's ordination as bishop within 120 days of receiving notice of the election.
The ordination and consecration of the new bishop is planned for June 25 at Episcopal Church of the Ascension in Knoxville and his or her seating is scheduled at Saint John's Cathedral Sunday, June 26.
The Diocese of East Tennessee comprises 34 counties in East Tennessee and three counties in North Georgia, and includes 50 parishes and worshipping communities.