ALABAMA ANNOUNCES FOURTH CANDIDATE
FOR BISHOP COADJUTOR

The Diocese of Alabama announced today a fourth, and final, candidate for election as bishop coadjutor. He is the Rev. Aaron D. Raulerson, rector of the Episcopal Church of the Epiphany, in Guntersville, Alabama. Find more about him here .

Raulerson joins the Rev. Dr. Glenda Curry, the Rev. Evan Garner, and the Rev. Allison Liles as candidates for coadjutor. Although the election is for coadjutor, it is in effect for the next diocesan bishop of Alabama since the present bishop, Kee Sloan has announced his intention of retirement. All four candidates have strong ties to the state of Alabama, two presently serving parishes in the Diocese of Alabama. There are two women and two men on the slate. 

This completes the nomination process. On January 4, 2020, there will be a "walk-about" for the public to meet the candidates, at St. Luke's of Mountain Brook (Birmingham). If at all possible, I will attend this event and discuss with the candidates ways to keep the diocese in the mainstream of the Episcopal Church where it has always been. The election will be on 18 January, at the Cathedral Church of the Advent, Birmingham. The ordination/consecration of the new bishop is planned for 27 June 2020 at the Advent, in Birmingham.