Rios will be the diocese's first Latino bishop [Dec. 2, 2023- SAN FRANCISCO] The Episcopal Diocese of California elected the Rev. Austin K. Rios as its ninth bishop during a special convention on Saturday, December 2, 2023, at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco. “God...

As the Bishop Search & Transition process continues, the nomination by petition period is underway. In this ten-day petition period, anyone who meets the canonical requirements may petition to be added to the slate for the Ninth Bishop of the Diocese of...

(San Francisco, California) The Standing Committee of the Episcopal Diocese of California announces that, after receiving the recommendations of the Bishop Search & Transition Committee, it has approved a preliminary slate for the 9th Bishop of the Diocese of...

On Saturday, August 5, 2023 members of the Bishop Search & Transition Committee met to take another step in the discernment of a proposed slate of candidates. Prior to this meeting, the committee members were hard at work evaluating the materials from those...

A press release from the Bishop Search and Transition Committee Our current Bishop, Marc Handley Andrus, has announced his retirement, effective in July 2024. In response, the Diocese of California has entered a time of transition as it embarks on a search process for...

The Bishop Search and Transition Committee has completed a two and a half month listening process aimed at gathering feedback from across the diocese that will shape the bishop search profile, what we seek in our new bishop and priorities for the diocese. Six hybrid...

The committee met on Saturday, November 5, for a half-day onboarding retreat at St. Gregory of Nyssa. All our members were able to attend, along with our consultant Judy Stark, who attended on zoom – as did two committee members. Having a consultant for a bishop...

The Search and Transition Committee invites all members of the Diocese of California to share in a conversation about our hopes for the next bishop. The data gathered at these meetings will form the core of the diocesan profile—the descriptive document we will publish...

Greetings family and friends of the Diocese of California, Many thanks for your thoughtful and prayerful interest in the process by which we will find our next bishop. For those of you who missed Bishop Marc’s announcement of his resignation and our initial summary of...

Greetings Family of Christ, I am writing to you on behalf of the Standing Committee of the Diocese of California. The canons (rules) of the church dictate that, in the event of the resignation of a bishop, the call to elect a new bishop is issued by the Standing...

We have come this far by faith,Leaning on the Lord, Trusting in His holy Word, He’s never failed us –yet. Singin’ oh, oh, oh, can’t turn a-round, We’ve come this far by faith. Greetings to my siblings in the Episcopal Diocese of California on a day...