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03/04/2008
Diocese of Maine elects Bishop coadjutor
by Diocesan office
Diocese of Maine elects the Rev. Canon Stephen Lane bishop coadjutor.
On Friday, October 26, 2007, the 188th Annual Convention of the Diocese of Maine elected The Rev. Canon Stephen Lane Bishop Coadjutor on the first ballot.
Under the canons of the Episcopal Church, a majority of the bishops exercising jurisdiction and diocesan Standing Committees must consent to Lane's ordination as bishop.
As Bishop Coadjutor, Lane will serve with the Right Reverend Chilton R. Knudsen, Bishop of Maine, until her planned retirement in 2008 and will then succeed her as the ninth Bishop of Maine.
Under the canons of the Episcopal Church, a majority of the bishops exercising jurisdiction and diocesan Standing Committees must consent to Lane's ordination as bishop.
As Bishop Coadjutor, Lane will serve with the Right Reverend Chilton R. Knudsen, Bishop of Maine, until her planned retirement in 2008 and will then succeed her as the ninth Bishop of Maine.
