The Episcopal Diocese of Alabama has begun accepting nominations for its next bishop suffragan.

At the diocese’s recent annual convention, Bishop Henry Parsley also called for the election of a bishop suffragan later this year to succeed Marc Andrus who became bishop of the Diocese of California in 2006.

A job description is available here.

Nominations are being received through April 16 by the nominating committee.
Nomination forms can be found here.

The electing convention is scheduled for September 30 at the Cathedral Church of the Advent in Birmingham. The bishop suffragan-elect is due to be consecrated on January 12, 2008, also at the cathedral. The search process timetable is available here.

For more information, contact the Rev. William King, Diocese of Alabama at bking@dioala.org.