Matthew Cowden: Third Bishop from One Church September 30, 2021 Updates By Kirk Petersen The Rev. Matthew Cowden, an Indiana rector who grew up in Virginia, was elected to become the VIII Bishop of West Virginia at the diocese’s 144th diocesan convention on September 25. Cowd... Read more...
Three Candidates Named in WV Bishop Election August 2, 2021 Highlight, News The Rev. Canon S. Abbot Bailey, the Diocese of Virginia’s interim canon to the ordinary; the Rev. Canon Patrick Collins, the Diocese of Easton’s canon to the ordinary; and the Rev. Matthew Cowden, rector of St. Michael and All Angels’ in South Bend, Indiana will be candidates for election as the Bishop Coadjutor of West Virginia, diocesan officials announced August 2.
Bishop Roundup: Eastern & Western Michigan, West Virginia October 23, 2019 News The Diocese of Eastern Michigan continues a discernment process about deeper cooperation with neighboring Western Michigan Diocese, electing its bishop Whayne Hoagland, as their bishop provisional. West Virginia bishop Michie Klusmyer calls for the election of a coadjutor.
Lexington Considers New Bishop January 30, 2018 News The Rt. Rev. Mark Van Koevering, Assisting Bishop in West Virginia, is the nominee to become Bishop Provisional of Lexington.
Wreckage in West Virginia June 27, 2016 News Bishop Klusmeyer: “As houses and cars have literally floated away, there is growing concern that the residents had no flood insurance.”
From Niassa to Charleston March 16, 2016 News The Rt. Rev. Mark Van Koevering is the new Assistant Bishop of West Virginia.
Episcopal Café’s New Editor October 23, 2014 News The Rev. Jon M. White of Beckley, West Virginia, will become the new editor of Episcopal Café on November 25.
