Wednesday, November 14, 2012


SOUTH CAROLINA: New Episcopal Diocese is Coming, Newspaper Ad Reveals

SOUTH CAROLINA: New Episcopal Diocese is Coming, Newspaper Ad Reveals
Presiding Bishop knew in mid-October that a new diocese was necessary

By David W. Virtue
www.virtueonline.org
November 14, 2012

A new Episcopal diocese is being reorganized in South Carolina that will replace the existing Episcopal diocese. Bishop Charles vonRosenberg, the retired Bishop of East Tennessee will lead it with the blessing of Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori.

VOL knew as early as mid-October about the pending coup but could not confirm it at that time. Timelines now reveal that the Presiding Bishop knew what was being planned and responded favorably to the idea of a new diocese. There are now reasons to conclude that Bishop vonRosenberg had been contacted in mid-October by the Presiding Bishop about the deteriorating situation in South Carolina and she urged him to come out of retirement to establish a new diocese.

Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org

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