Discussions will continue this week at the general convention in Anaheim, Calif., about the possibility of joining together the dioceses of Eau Claire and Fond du Lac.
Fond du Lac Bishop Russell Jacobus said although the local membership may have concerns about the future of St. Paul’s Cathedral if a new diocese is formed, the cathedral would remain a center of local religious activity.
“Both St. Paul’s and Christ Church in Eau Claire are seats for the bishop’s throne. I would not want to give up either,” Jacobus said.
Eau Claire’s diocese has been without a bishop since April 2008. Jacobus has performed some Episcopal functions in the diocese, including an ordination and confirmations.
“They could elect another bishop, which they can’t afford, or junction with another diocese. They are in the process of discerning what to do,” he said.
I can’t imagine St. Paul’s Cathedral not being a cathedral.
The saintly Bishop Grafton is buried in an above ground shrine in a transcept, and during very quiet moments during the liturgy you can almost here the faint whirring of him spinning in his grave over the innovations of TEC
There’s lots of precedent for more than one cathedral in a diocese, though. Sydney has three, I think! And a few American dioceses have a pro-cathedral here and there in a part of a diocese that is geographically distant from the see city.
Long time reader, first time to comment…I stopped reading at the reference to The Holy Spirit as “she” and even sent them a note saying so! Added a Cheer for the ACNA! while I was at it.
First time comment in wrong place…onward & upward!