Outcome-based Episcopal Math: Are 11 Conservatives Less Diverse than 5 Liberals?
Douglas LeBlanc

The Diocese of Albany will elect a bishop coadjutor on March 25, and Albany Via Media's website has claimed that the process "severely limits the roles of the clergy and laity," producing "no candidates who are of a more moderate, Episcopal positioning."

For a superior way of nominating a bishop, Albany Via Media cites the work of what it calls a "real diocese": California.

The Diocese of California will elect the successor to Bishop William Swing on May 6, and comments already have begun at titusonenine.

Albany Via Media vice president Robert Dodd wrote early on that Albany's "fast track" would not allow time for electors to meet the candidates in person. (As Via Media's site now acknowledges, Albany's standing committee somehow found time to schedule [PDF] two "meet the candidates" days). The rest