Canon to the Ordinary, the Rev. Dan Smith is Finalist for Bishop of Southern Virginia
The Rev. Canon Dan Smith is named as one of Five Nominees Presented for Election as Bishop of Southern Virginia The One Hundred and Sixteenth Annual Council of the Diocese of Southern Virginia will elect the Tenth Bishop of Southern Virginia on September 27th, 2008. The Nominating Committee that was formed in August 2007 is presenting five priests as nominees for election as Tenth Bishop. The Rev. Canon E. Daniel Smith, Canon to the Ordinary, the Diocese of Missouri, is one of them. The other four priests will be posted tomorrow, on the Southern Virginia's Bishop Search web page [www.svabishop.org]. This page can also be reached through a link on the Diocesan web page [www.diosova.org]. Over 50 potential nominees from 36 dioceses were brought to the attention of the committee. Over the months through prayerful and careful consideration, the committee selected the five whose gifts most closely matched the needs and hopes of the diocese as explained in the Diocesan profile. The next major step in the process is the Diocesan Walk Abouts. The Walk Abouts are a series of five meetings across the Diocese for delegates to the Council and other interested persons to meet and get to know the nominees as part of the discernment process leading up to the election. These events will begin on Friday, September 12 and conclude on Monday, September 15. The election will take place September 27th, and the new Bishop, when confirmed and consecrated will officially begin in February 2009.
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