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March 15, 2011
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AN ANNOUNCEMENT TO THE
CHRISTIAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH FROM THE 2010-2014
COMMITTEE ON EPISCOPACY AND THE COLLEGE OF BISHOPS
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After prayerful
deliberation, the Senior Bishop of the Christian Methodist
Episcopal Church, Bishop Thomas L. Hoyt, Jr. and the chair
of the Committee on Episcopacy, the Rev. John W.
Honeysucker, make the following announcements regarding
Episcopal supervision. These announcements are occasioned
by the death of one of our Episcopal leaders, Bishop W.
Edward Lockett.
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Bishop Lockett's death
leaves a void in the leadership of the Christian Methodist
Episcopal Church, and specifically in the Fifth Episcopal
District.
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In keeping with the
authority within THE BOOK OF DISCIPLINE, REVISED 2006,
specifically within ¶432.7, page 119, and ¶1402, §7, page
432, the Committee on Episcopacy has made the following
appointments:
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1. The assignment of
Bishop Teresa E. Snorton as the Presiding Bishop of the
Fifth Episcopal District, effective immediately; and
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2. The recall of Bishop
Ronald M. Cunningham to active service and the assignment of
Bishop Ronald M. Cunningham to the Eleventh Episcopal
District, effective immediately.
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The Senior Bishop, on
behalf of the College of Bishops, also announces the
following administrative appointments, in the place of
Bishop W. Edward Lockett:
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1. The appointment of
Bishop Sylvester Williams, Sr., as the chair of the
Department of Ministry to Men;
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2. The appointment of
Bishop James B. Walker as the chair of the Committee on
Economic Development;
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3. The appointment of
Bishop Teresa E. Snorton as vice chair of the CIT Advisory
Committee and the CIT Standing Committee, and as vice chair
of the Board of Directors of the Connectional Headquarters;
and
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4. The appointment of
Bishop Teresa E. Snorton as representative to the Commission
on Pan-Methodism.
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Respectfully,
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Thomas L. Hoyt, Jr.
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Senior Bishop
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"An Essential
Church: Poised for 21st Century Ministry"
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