Visitation Scheduled for San Joaquin Provisional Bishop Nominee

Posted on March 8, 2008 
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Bishop Jerry LambA single candidate chosen to be the provisional Bishop of San Joaquin will participate in a two-day walkabout visitation to the diocese immediately after the House of Bishops’ meeting concludes at Camp Allen in Texas on March 12. … 

There are unconfirmed reports that the person nominated to be provisional bishop is the Rt. Rev. Jerry A. Lamb, former Bishop of Northern California. …

Story from The Living Church. (Photo of Bishop Lamb: Diocese of Northern California.)

See also the related story from the Episcopal News Service about TEC House of Bishops meeting which has just begun –

“Bishops are… expected to determine whether or not Bishop John-David Schofield of San Joaquin has abandoned the communion of The Episcopal Church…”

However in Bishop Schofield’s letter to Mrs Jefferts Schori he writes –

“At this moment, therefore, I am a bishop in the House of Bishops of the Southern Cone, and I am the Bishop of the Diocese of San Joaquin. The Episcopal Church has no jurisdiction or authority to affect my status in any of these capacities. This leaves only my status as a member of the House of Bishops of The Episcopal Church to be determined.

Rather than force the House of Bishops to a vote, I herewith tender my resignation as a member of the House of Bishops of The Episcopal Church effective midnight EST, March 7, 2008.”