The Rt. Rev. John Clark Buchanan has been nominated to serve as provisional Bishop of Quincy. Bishop Buchanan and other newly appointed diocesan leaders must be confirmed by delegates to a special reorganizing convention to be held April 4 at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in Peoria, Ill.
Bishop Buchanan currently serves as the Parliamentarian of the House of Bishops. He was Bishop of West Missouri from 1989-1999, and recently completed a term as an assisting Bishop of Southern Virginia.
“Along with the cathedral, congregations which have committed to remaining with The Episcopal Church include St. John’s, Kewanee; St. James’, Lewistown; and St. James’, Griggsville. A minority of members from churches in Moline and Rock Island have formed a new Episcopal congregation in Moline named All Saints’.”
A Potemkin bishop for a Potemkin church. Will it play in Peoria?
Not so sure I’d brag about being the HOB’s parliamentarian . . . .
Well, let’s see: The cathedral plus four parishes, and a new one forming leaves six congregations. Kinda small numbers for reorganizing the diocese, aren’t they? Not much to build on.