Wednesday, June 27, 2012


Crisis Deepens at the Washington National Cathedral: Dean Francis Wade Exits

Crisis Deepens at the Washington National Cathedral: Interim Dean Francis Wade Announces Quick Departure

By Sarah Frances Ives
Special to Virtueonline
www.virtueonline.org
June 27, 2012

The Washington National Cathedral's interim Dean, Rev. Dr. Francis H. Wade has announced he will leave his position in July 2012. Wade had assumed the role of dean on January 6, 2012, as well as the vice-chair of the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation. It had been expected that Wade would stay in place until the arrival of the new dean. No names of prospective interim or permanent deans have been announced following the announcement of Wade's surprise departure.

Meanwhile, the Washington National Cathedral continues its frantic search for money in its recent public appeals. On June 21, 2012 a Cathedral email referred to the month of June as a "critical time." The public communique pleaded, "A gap in annual funds remains and must be closed by the end of the Cathedral's fiscal year, June 30, 2012."

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