Two priests are nominees to become bishop of the nascent Anglican Diocese of the Upper Midwest. The diocese in formation awaits approval by the Anglican Church in North America’s College of Bishops, which meets June 20-21 at Nashotah House Theological Seminary and Olympia Resort and Conference Center in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin.
The nominees are the Very Rev. Robert S. Munday, former dean and president of Nashotah House, and the Rev. Stewart Ruch III, rector of Church of the Resurrection, Wheaton. Under the ACNA’s canons the bishops may appoint one of the two nominees as bishop or choose another person.
How refreshing to be deciding the best choice, rather than the least bad.
Dean Munday would be a fine bishop if he’s chosen.
Both men would make outstanding bishops. Essentially, the College of Bishops can’t go wrong. And yes, APB, that’s really refreshing.
Both of my children, and all four of my grandchildren, attend Fr. Ruch’s big parish, Church of the Resurrection in Wheaton (ASA almost 900 during the school year), and so I have a keen interest in what happens to this new diocese.
David Handy+