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BISHOP ELECTED IN CALIFORNIA

Rt. Rev. Mark Handley Andrus Elected Next Bishop of California

Special Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of California
to
Elect the Eighth Bishop of California

Saturday, May 6, 2006
Grace Cathedral, San Francisco.

The special convention to elect the eighth bishop of the Diocese of California started this morning at 9:00 a.m. PDT.   Alabama Suffragan Bishop Mark Handley Andrus was elected on the third ballot. The following election results were posted as of 1:00 p.m. PDT:

	NOMINEE	Clergy			Lay
	Mark Handley Andrus	188	72.03%	*	161	54.58%	*
	Robert V. Taylor	2	0.77%		2	0.68%
	Bonnie Perry	0	0.00%		0	0.00%
	Michael Barlowe	4	1.53%		0	0.00%
	Jane Gould	21	8.05%		32	10.85%
	Eugene Taylor Sutton	34	13.03%		97	32.08%
	Donald Schell	7	2.68%		0	0.00%
	(blank ballots)	5			3
	TOTAL	261			295
	Needed to Elect	131			148

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