South Dakota Bishop Will Call for Election
05/03/2007

The Rt. Rev. Creighton L. Robertson, Bishop of South Dakota, recently announced his intention to call for the election of a bishop coadjutor in October during diocesan convention.Following the House of Bishops’ meeting in March, Bishop Robertson announced his plan to diocesan council.

Under the tentative schedule currently under consideration, the election would occur in January 2009 with the consecration to be held in early fall during the diocesan convention. By canon, a diocesan bishop must retire within three years of the consecration of a coadjutor. the rest