The Episcopal Church in Liberia has elected a new Bishop to succeed its current resident Bishop, Rev. Edward Neufville.
Rev. Jonathan Hart was elected over the weekend at a special convention of the church on the campus of the Cuttington University College in Suacoco, Bong County.
According to reports gathered by this paper from the elections commission, Father Hart won the post with 297votes and was closely followed by Rev. Dr. James Selle, who came second with a total of 161 votes, after the election went into a run-off.
Initially before the run-off elections, there were three candidates that contested the first round of the elections. Rev. Dr. Herman Browne was the third candidate but after the first round of voting, he failed to sail through to the second round because he obtained the least vote. Dr. Browne got a total of 71 votes in the first round while Rev. Hart and Rev Browne came first and second respectively with 211 votes and 181 votes.