Episcopal Transition
Frequently Asked Questions (Link)
Updated from time to time; please visit often!
Revised Agenda (Link)
Election Registration (Link)
Certificate of Election (Link)
Candidates for Bishop (Link)
Nomination Form Floor (Link)
Albany Bishop Candidates’ Tour (ABC Tour) Videos
Rules of Order (PDF)
Commissioning of Lay Deputies (Link)
The Election Book (Link)
Hard copies of the election book will be mailed when they arrive from the printer. Each parish will receive one copy for their deputation and each clergy member (Canonically Resident and Licensed) will receive a copy. You may print as many copies as you wish from the electronic PDF.
Click here to read an introductory letter from our Profile and Search Committee Chair
Election Process Communication
- Official Announcement: Schedule Change to Electing Convention
- The Call to the Electing Convention
- Initial Nominees for Tenth Bishop of Albany
- Election Thursday Announcement 3/30/23
- Election Thursday Announcement 3/23/23
- Election Thursday Announcement 3/2/23
- Election Thursday Announcement 2/16/23
- Election Thursday Announcement 2/9/23
- Election Thursday Announcement 1/26/23
- Election Thursday Announcement 1/19/23
About the Office of a Bishop
- THE EPISCOPATE IN ANGLICAN HISTORY: RECEIVED IN HUMILITY YET EXERCISED WITH RESPONSIBILITY
- BISHOPS IN COUNCIL: CRANMER ON EPISCOPAL DECISION-MAKING
- EPISCOPAL MINISTRY
- BISHOPS AND COHERENCE
Search Process Resources
- Independent Nominations
- Code of Conduct for the Election of a Bishop
- Bishop Search Timeline
- Introducing our Election Consultant, Deacon Brian Nordwick
- DIOCESAN PROFILE (PDF)
- Call for Election
- Bishop Election Process Video – Released 5/26/21
- Profile and Search Committee Members
- Profile & Search Committee Member Job Description
- Listening Session Registration
- Prayer During this Time of Transition
- Survey Final Results (PDF)
Until the consecration and investiture of our next bishop, the Standing Committee is the Ecclesiastical Authority of the Diocese of Albany