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Fond du Lac nominates three

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The Standing Committee of the Diocese of Fond du Lac’s standing committee has announced a slate of three in its search for a bishop:

  • The Rev. Matthew Alan Gunter, rector, St. Barnabas, Glen Ellyn, Illinois
  • The Rev. Eric Christopher Mills, rector, St. Anne’s, De Pere, Wisconsin
  • The Very Rev. William Willoughby III, rector, St. Paul’s, Savannah, Georgia

The diocese will receive nominations by petition until Aug. 8, and its 139th convention will elect Fond du Lac’s eighth bishop Oct. 19. The diocese will release profiles of the nominees soon. More background on the search is available through the diocese’s website.

The Diocese of Fond du Lac comprises nearly 6,000 baptized members worshiping in 37 congregations across the northeast third of Wisconsin.

Douglas LeBlanc is the Associate Editor for Book Reviews and writes about Christianity and culture. He and his wife, Monica, attend St. John’s Parish Church on Johns Island, South Carolina.

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