Monday, August 1, 2022 | 12th Bishop Search, Diocesan News
The Gifts Committee of the Diocesan Transition process announces the solicitation of funds to help purchase the vestments and other Episcopal symbols for the new bishop. Canon Shannon Duckworth will need vestments and other signs and symbols of the Office of Bishop to...
Tuesday, July 26, 2022 | 12th Bishop Search
Work is coming along nicely for the Bishop’s Gifts Committee. Prices and commitments for the gifts have been coming in and the Committee is about to begin soliciting from individuals, institutions, and congregations. The first group of solicitations should...
Monday, July 11, 2022 | 12th Bishop Search, Diocesan News
Office of Public Affairs The Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana has received notification from Presiding Bishop and Primate Michael B. Curry that Bishop-elect Shannon Rogers Duckworth has received the required majority of consents in the canonical consent process detailed...
Wednesday, June 29, 2022 | 12th Bishop Search
The Transition Committee for the twelfth Bishop of Louisiana has announced the formation of a Gifts Committee to facilitate gifting for Bishop-Elect Shannon Duckworth. The Committee is Ms. Pat Brown, Rev. Canon Ronald Clingenpeel, and Ms. Rebecca Sadler. They...
Saturday, May 14, 2022 | 12th Bishop Search, Diocesan News
Transcript of the acceptance address Bishop-elect Duckworth made to the Electing Convention: Let us pray:Most loving and Merciful God, source of all wisdom and understanding, we thank you for your continued presence among the diocese of Louisiana this and every day....
Saturday, May 14, 2022 | 12th Bishop Search, Diocesan News, Out and About in EDoLA
First Woman to Be Elected Bishop in The Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana The Rev. Canon Shannon Rogers Duckworth was chosen XII Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana during a special convention on May 14, 2022, at Christ Church Cathedral, New Orleans. She was...
Friday, April 29, 2022 | 12th Bishop Search
April 29, 2022 Dear Faithful People of the Diocese, The videos from the two Q&A sessions from the Walkabout are now available for viewing. Please click the link below.The election for the 12th Bishop of Louisiana will be held on May 14, 2022. Find out more about...
Thursday, April 14, 2022 | 12th Bishop Search, Diocesan News
Dear Faithful People of the Diocese, Blessings to you as we make our way through Holy Week and enter the joy of celebrating the Resurrection. We are pleased to share with you videos submitted by the two candidates for the 12th Bishop of Louisiana. More information can...
Monday, April 11, 2022 | 12th Bishop Search, Diocesan News
Dear Faithful People of the Diocese of Louisiana, Our Petition Process concluded on Friday, April 8, and no additional applications for bishop were received. The Standing Committee is therefore pleased to announce that our slate for bishop is complete and includes the...
Friday, April 1, 2022 | 12th Bishop Search, Diocesan News
Dear Faithful People of the Diocese of Louisiana, The Standing Committee is very pleased to announce the following slate of candidates for the Twelfth Bishop of Louisiana (listed in alphabetical order by last name): The Rev. Frederick DuMontier Devall IVRector of St....
Tuesday, March 15, 2022 | 12th Bishop Search, Annual Convention, Message from Bishop Thompson
Dear Clergy and Lay Delegates, You are being called to gather on May 14 at Christ Church Cathedral for the purpose of electing the next bishop of the Diocese of Louisiana. This is the final step in the diocesan-wide discernment process that has occurred over the last...
Wednesday, March 9, 2022 | 12th Bishop Search, Diocesan News
Our diocese traces its roots to 1803 when 45 Protestants voted to form a new congregation (what is now Christ Church Cathedral) and the vast majority of parishioners voted Episcopal over Presbyterian and Methodist. It would take until 1838 for the Diocese of Louisiana...
Wednesday, March 9, 2022 | 12th Bishop Search, Diocesan News
Hello from your Transition Committee! We are one of the three bodies tasked with finding, electing and installing the XII Bishop of the Diocese of Louisiana. The Search and Nominating Committee will wrap up their work at the end of March by presenting their nominees...
Thursday, February 10, 2022 | 12th Bishop Search, Diocesan News
A biweekly update from the Search and Nominating Committee Dear Sisters and Brothers of the Diocese, On Sundays, parishioners pray the Prayers of the People in which “. . .we remember Michael, the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church and Morris, Bishop of...
Thursday, February 3, 2022 | 12th Bishop Search, Diocesan News
Bishop Thompson, the 11th Bishop of the Diocese of Louisiana announced in March last year that he is retiring in November 2022. The Diocese includes the two largest metro areas in Louisiana, New Orleans and Baton Rouge, along with smaller churches from Innis to...
