Under a discernment plan approved by convention delegates Nov. 7-8, a task force in the Diocese of Eau Claire will consider five options for the diocese’s future. These range from electing a full-time diocesan bishop to replace the Rt. Rev. Keith Whitmore, to dissolving the diocese.
Other options include the election of a part-time or bi-vocational bishop, hiring a provisional bishop, or junctioning with another diocese””most probably Fond du Lac””to form a new diocese.