Bp. Magness Heading for Va. February 21, 2017 News From the Diocese of Southern Virginia: Bishop [Herman] Hollerith announced at Annual Council earlier this month that the Rt. Rev. James Magness will be joining the diocesan staff in late March as a part-time assisting bishop. Bishop Magness has just retired as the Suffragan Bishop of the Armed Forces and Federal Ministries and is well known by many in the diocese. He served as interim rector of Galilee, Virginia Beach, and as a canon of the diocese. He was also the Canon to the Ordinary of the Diocese of Kentucky. Contact | Covenant | Facebook | RSS | Subscribe | Twitter Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)