SPRINGFIELD, IL:Internet blogger Daniel Martins Elected XI Bishop of Springfield
SPRINGFIELD, IL: Internet blogger Daniel Martins Elected XI Bishop of Springfield on 3rd ballot
By David Virtue and Mary Ann Mueller
www.Virtueonline.org
September 18, 2010
The most orthodox of three candidates to become the next Bishop of Springfield - The Rev. Daniel H. Martins -- emerged as the winner on the third ballot, beating out The Rev. Matthew A. Gunter, rector of St. Barnabas in Glen Ellyn, Il, and Louisiana's Canon to the Ordinary, the Rev. Mark Stevenson, at a special electing convention at St. Paul's Cathedral in Springfield.
Martins will become the XI Bishop of Springfield, pending required consents from a majority of bishops with jurisdiction and standing committees of the Episcopal Church. If elected, he will succeed the Rt. Rev. Peter Beckwith, 71.
Martins, 59, took a commanding early lead in the clerical order, garnering all the votes needed on the first ballot. He pulled ahead steadily in the lay order on the second ballot. On the final vote, he received 38 clerical order votes (25 were needed), and 42 lay order votes (38 were needed).
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
By David Virtue and Mary Ann Mueller
www.Virtueonline.org
September 18, 2010
The most orthodox of three candidates to become the next Bishop of Springfield - The Rev. Daniel H. Martins -- emerged as the winner on the third ballot, beating out The Rev. Matthew A. Gunter, rector of St. Barnabas in Glen Ellyn, Il, and Louisiana's Canon to the Ordinary, the Rev. Mark Stevenson, at a special electing convention at St. Paul's Cathedral in Springfield.Martins will become the XI Bishop of Springfield, pending required consents from a majority of bishops with jurisdiction and standing committees of the Episcopal Church. If elected, he will succeed the Rt. Rev. Peter Beckwith, 71.
Martins, 59, took a commanding early lead in the clerical order, garnering all the votes needed on the first ballot. He pulled ahead steadily in the lay order on the second ballot. On the final vote, he received 38 clerical order votes (25 were needed), and 42 lay order votes (38 were needed).
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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