Oklahoma Chooses Former Police Officer for Bishop
05/05/2007

The Rev. Edward J. Konieczny, rector, St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church, Grand Junction, Colo., was elected Bishop of Oklahoma on the first ballot from a field of six earlier today at St. Paul’s Cathedral in Oklahoma City.

Needing 61 clergy votes and 100 lay delegates, Fr. Konieczny received 68 clergy votes and 112 in the lay order.

The Very Rev. James Mark Goodman, rector, Trinity Church, Myrtle Beach, S.C., received 20 clergy votes and 28 lay. The Rev. J. Wesley Smith, rector, Christ Church, Macon, Ga., received 19 clergy votes and 26 lay delegate endorsements. The other candidates were: the Rev. Beverly Bradley, vicar, Church of the Holy Apostles, Moore/Oklahoma City, Okla.; the Rev. James C. Nelson, rector, Good Shepherd Church, Friendswood, Texas; and the Rev. Ronald D. Pogue, rector, Trinity Church, Galveston, Texas. the rest