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Apr 23, 2010
Four finalists are in the running to be the 11th bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Utah, including an openly gay priest.
That candidate, the Rev. Michael L. Barlowe of California, married his partner, the Rev. Paul Burrows, in San Francisco in 2008, just before the Proposition 8 vote banning gay marriage.
The other three finalists are the Rev. Juan A. Quevedo-Bosch of New York, the Rev. Mary C. Sulerud of Washington, D.C., and the Rev. Scott B. Hayashi of Chicago.
“We felt that any one of them would help us draw together as a church family,” said Ric Tanner, president of the Utah church’s Standing Committee, which advises the bishop.
The four finalists, winnowed from a list of 48 applicants, will visit parishes across the state during the first week of May.
If Barlowe is elected, Utah would become only the third Episcopal diocese with an openly gay bishop.
from WiG and AP reports
