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Home > The search for a bishop coadjutor
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What's Next
Tickets to be mailed soon: Each congregation's allotment of tickets to the consecration are scheduled to be mailed the week of Feb. 26.
March 10 consecration. The consecration will take place March 10 at 10 a.m. at Cathedral of St. Jude the Apostle in St. Petersburg.
Watch it live on the web: If you don't have a ticket, view a live streaming webcast of the service by visiting this page March 10.
Quick links:
Consecration venue
Directions
Ticket information
Hotel information
Fr. Smith's visitation schedule
Frequently asked questions:
Click here to check ballot results.
The answers to common questions about the search and election process. Click here to read more. |
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Consent granted
Church's bishops, standing committees give necessary approval
for consecration to take place March 10
The Rev. Dabney T. Smith, bishop coadjutor-elect and former rector of Trinity Episcopal Church, New Orleans, La.
Listen to Fr. Smith's opening statement at the Dec. 1 walkabout by clicking here |
The diocesan office learned Feb. 22 that the necessary consents from at least half of all diocesan bishops and standing committees of the 110 dioceses of the Episcopal Church have been received and that the Episcopal Church has given its official approval for the March 10 consecration of the Rev. Dr. Dabney Smith as the bishop coadjutor of the Diocese of Southwest Florida.
Fr. Smith has been on the job since Feb 1, taking on a hectic schedule, including Bishop John Lipscomb's visitation schedule.
He and his wife, Mary Ellen, have purchased a home in Manatee County.
His timetable was accelerated after Bishop John Lipscomb announced Dec. 13 he was taking a six-month medical leave.
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Click here to read about the Dec. 9 election and see an interview with Fr. Smith from the latest issue of The Southern Cross.
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Consecration to the webcast
Anyone with Internet access will be able to view a live webcast of the consecration in its entirety beginning shortly before 10 a.m. on
March 10.
The link to view the consecration will be posted on this page as well as the diocesan news page.
Several congregations have already made plans to view the event as a group. The complete service booklet will be available for downloading so viewers can follow along or participate long-distance.
The Very Rev. Dr. Russell L. Johnson and St. Peter's Cathedral in St. Petersburg have issued a challenge to raise at least $2,000 to fund the webcast. Please make sure that any contributions sent to the diocesan office are clearly marked to fund the webcast. Any monies collected over and above the cost of the webcast will be placed in Bishop Smith's discretionary fund.
Plans for consecration coming together. Read about plans for the March 10 consecration, including who gets tickets, how clergy should vest and hotel information.
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Consecration at a glance
When: 10 a.m., Saturday, March 10.
Where: The Cathedral of St. Jude the Apostle, 5815 Fifth Ave. North, in St. Petersburg. (Click here for directions.)
Chief Consecrator: The Rt. Rev. Clifton Daniel (East Carolina)
Co-Consecrators: The Rt. Rev. William Folwell (retired, Central Florida)
The Rt. Rev. Charles Jenkins (Louisiana)
The Rt. Rev. John B. Lipscomb (Southwest Florida)
Preaching: The Rt. Rev. Frank Gray (retired, Northern Indiana).
A reception will follow in the cathedral's parish hall.
The presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church normally presides at the consecration of a bishop. The Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori was invited but had already been scheduled to preside at the coadjutor consecration in the Diocese of Hawaii on the same day.
According to protocol, Bishop Daniel, as vice president of Province IV, will stand in for the presiding bishop. |
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