The Rt. Rev. Creighton L. Robertson, ninth Bishop of South Dakota, died of heart failure on October 24. He was 70. Born in Kansas City, he was a graduate of Black Hill State University, the University of South Dakota, and the University of the South’s School of Theology.He was ordained deacon in 1989 and priest in 1990, and served as priest-in-charge at Santee Episcopal Mission … [Read more...] about Bp. Creighton Robertson, RIP
Archives for October 27, 2014
Divided Bishops
Ross Douthat writes about Pope Francis in The New York Times:In his public words and gestures, through the men he’s elevated and the debates he’s encouraged, this pope has repeatedly signaled a desire to rethink issues where Catholic teaching is in clear tension with Western social life — sex and marriage, divorce and homosexuality.And in the synod on the family, which … [Read more...] about Divided Bishops
Suffragan Elected Coadjutor
Adapted from a Diocese of West Texas announcementThe Diocese of West Texas elected the Rt. Rev. David Mitchell Reed as its bishop coadjutor on October 25. Reed, 57, has served as bishop suffragan since 2006. He is the first suffragan bishop in the diocese’s history to be elected as a coadjutor.Reed will continue to serve alongside the Rt. Rev. Gary Lillibridge, Bishop of West … [Read more...] about Suffragan Elected Coadjutor