The Diocese of Southwestern Virginia has announced four nominees in the search for its sixth bishop:
- The Very Rev. Mark Allen Bourlakas, dean, Christ Church Cathedral, Louisville, Kentucky
- The Rev. Jeanne Finan, rector, St. John’s Church, Asheville, North Carolina
- The Rev. Gail Greenwell, rector, St. Michael and All Angels Church, Mission, Kansas
- The Rt. Rev. David Rice, Bishop of Waiapu, Aotearoa, New Zealand
The diocese’s electing council will meet March 9.
Matthew Townsend is a Halifax-based freelance journalist and volunteer advocate for survivors of sexual misconduct in Anglican settings. He served as editor of the Anglican Journal from 2019 to 2021 and communications missioner for the Anglican Diocese of Quebec from 2019 to 2022. He and his wife recently entered catechism class in the Orthodox Church in America.
