The Diocese of Northern Michigan has released a profile and called for nominations as it seeks an 11th bishop.<\/p>\n
The profile repeatedly affirms mutual ministry as central to the diocese\u2019s identity, and it identifies a recurring theme of loss and struggle, including financial stresses during the early 20th century and the death of the Rt. Rev. James A. Kelsey in an automobile accident in 2007.<\/p>\n
The profile devotes an eight-page appendix to Kelsey\u2019s last annual address as a bishop, which he delivered in October 2006. Another appendix is a nine-page essay, \u201cCreating a Hospitable Environment for Mutual Ministry,\u201d\u009d by the Rt. Rev. Thomas Ray, the diocese\u2019s ninth bishop, and Kelsey. Ray is serving as an assisting bishop until the new bishop begins ministry.<\/p>\n