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Four Nominees in Europe

The Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe has announced four nominees in its search for the next bishop in charge:

  • The Rev. Canon Paul-Gordon Chandler, president and CEO of CARAVAN, an international ministry of building peace through the arts, based in metropolitan Chicago
  • The Rev. Mark D.W. Edington, rector of St. John’s Church, Newtonville, Massachusetts, and director of Amherst College Press
  • The Rev. Steven Paulikas, rector of All Saints’ Church, Brooklyn
  • The Very Rev. Benjamin Shambaugh, dean of the Cathedral Church of St. Luke, Portland, Maine

The election is scheduled for the convocation’s convention, scheduled for Oct. 18-21 at All Saints’ Church in Waterloo, Belgium.

Matt Townsend
Matt Townsend
Matthew Townsend is the former news editor of The Living Church and former editor of the Anglican Journal. He lives in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.

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