Bishop Jefferts Schori Elected Presiding Bishop
06/18/2006

•3:30 p.m., June 18 greeted the news in the House of Deputies that the Rt. Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori, Bishop of Nevada, had been chosen on the fifth ballot to be the next Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church.

The announcement was submitted for confirmation to the House of Deputies of General Convention by the co-chair of the Committee on the Consecration of Bishops, Matthew Chew of Arizona.

Following a Eucharist at Trinity Church, Columbus, the House of Bishops went into a closed session to choose a successor to Presiding Bishop Frank Griswold. On the fifth ballot, Bishop Jefferts Schori received 95 out of 188 votes cast. the rest at The Living Church