Episcopal Press and News
Hultstrand Consecrated Bishop of Springfield
Episcopal News Service. February 11, 1982 [82032]
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (DPS, Feb. 11) -- The Rev. Donald Maynard Hultstrand was ordained and consecrated ninth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Springfield on Feb. 6 at the Roman Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception here before a capacity congregation of more than 1,200.
Elected to the post last Sept. 19 in a special diocesan convention, Hultstrand had been rector of Trinity Church, Greeley, Colo., since 1979.
The Rt. Rev. John M. Allin, Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, served as consecrator and co-consecrators were Bishop Charles T. Gaskell of Milwaukee, Bishop Edward W. Jones of Indianapolis, retired Bishop Philip F. McNairy of Minnesota and Bishop James W. Montgomery of Chicago. Registrar was the Rev. Canon James R. Gundrum, Executive Officer of General Convention.
Bishop William C. Frey of Colorado preached the sermon. Hultstrand was the chief celebrant at the Eucharist, and the con-celebrants were the Very Rev. Eckford James de Kay of Springfield, the Very Rev. Canon O. Dudley Reed of Danville, Ill., Bishop William C.R. Sheridan of Northern Indiana and Suffragan Bishop William H. Wolfrum of Colorado. Roman Catholic participants in the service included the Most Rev. Joseph A. McNicholas, Bishop of Springfield and representatives of the Dioceses of Belleville and Peoria. Other ecumenical participants included representatives of several local Protestant churches.
The mayor of Springfield led a list of civic leaders who were present at the service.
Hultstrand succeeded Bishop Albert W. Hillestad who resigned last March for reasons of health.
A native of Parkers Prairie, Minn., Hultstrand, who is 54, served parishes in Minnesota, Ohio and Missouri. From 1972 to 1975 he was executive director of the Anglican Fellowship of Prayer.
The Diocese of Springfield, embracing the southern half of the state of Illinois, has 45 congregations and 9,371 members.