Dear Friends, There is so much to do to get ready to welcome our new Bishop-Elect Dorsey McConnell and to thank our beloved Bishop Ken Price for the great leadership he has provided us over these last three years.   Please mark your calendars with these important dates: The Choral Evensong and Reception for Bishop Ken [...]

The Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh voted today to name the Rev. Dorsey W. M. McConnell as its next bishop. This election of the 8th permanent Bishop Diocesan was a momentous occasion in the 147-year life of the diocese, which has been rebuilding its mission and ministry following a split in 2008. “St. Paul says we [...]

The four nominees who stood for the election of the Bishop of Pittsburgh offered the following to Bishop-elect McConnell and the diocese: “I have relished every moment I've spent with the wonderful Christians in the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh, as well as with my fellow-candidates. All my good wishes and blessings to all of them, [...]

Well, The Pittsburgh Penguins did us no favors last night, although they did it in grand fashion. The Penguins/Flyers series continues tomorrow night, April 20, 2012, at Consol Energy Center, prompting the following alert from the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership: The weekend of April 20 – 22 looks like a busy one in Downtown. The Pirates [...]

Saturday, April 21, 2012 Trinity Episcopal Cathedral 328 Sixth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222 Convention Agenda 8:30 – 9:30 a.m. Registration Period 9:30 a.m. The Holy Eucharist – The Liturgy of the Word FOLLOWING THE EXCHANGE OF THE PEACE:      • Call to Order      • Report on Quorum      • Welcome of Deputation      • [...]

Friday, April 20, 2012 Trinity Episcopal Cathedral hosted by the Bishop Search/Transition Committee Doors open at 6:00 p.m. with snacks provided Discussion begins at 7:00 pm and concludes at 9:15 pm. According to the rules of order at the Election of a Bishop (Constitution and Canons, page 34), "the evening before the election, the Transition [...]

A video recording of the walk-about plenary session at St. Brendan's, Franklin Park, on Tuesday, March 20 is now available.  In it, each of the nominees for bishop answers the three questions that have been addressed to the nominees at all the plenary sessions.  The questions that the nominees are answering are the three questions [...]

On behalf of the Transition Committee, I want to extend our thanks to the diocese for the grand welcome they offered our nominees for bishop.  Together you all offered the kind of hospitality that took what could have been an extremely grueling experience and made it one in which the nominees and their spouses felt [...]