Loading...The Rev. Dr. James "Jay" Magness, the former canon to the ordinary in our diocese, has been named among the six candidates for The Episcopal Church Bishop Suffragan for Federal Ministries.
Magness was the Diocese of Kentucky's chief administrative and deployment officer for nearly four years, joining the diocesan staff in January 2004 after his retirement as a captain in the U.S. Navy, where he served as fleet chaplain for the U.S. Atlantic fleet and command chaplain for the U.S. Joint Forces Command. He returned to Virginia in November 2007 to accept a call as interim rector of Galilee Episcopal Church, a parish with more than 2,000 members at Virginia Beach. Last fall, Magness became the canon for mission and diocesan administration with the Episcopal Diocese of Southern Virginia.
Also named as nominees are the Rev. Carl Andrews, an Air Force colonel stationed at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas; the Rev. Babs Meairs, field coordinator in Office of the Bishop Suffragan for Federal Ministries (Chaplaincies); the Rev. C. Christopher Thompson, rector of the Eastern Shore Chapel Episcopal Church, Virginia Beach, Va.; the Rev. John Weatherly, chaplain with the Joint Force Headquarters at Virginia and rector of St. Mark's Episcopal Church at Alexandria, Va.; and the Rev. Carl W. Wright, a lieutenant colonel who is chaplain of the Air Force Global Strike Command at Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana. All candidates' nominations are pending successful completion of background checks.
Nominees by petition will be accepted through Feb. 12.
The election of the Sixth Bishop Suffragan for Federal Ministries will be held at the March House of Bishops meeting in Camp Allen, Texas. Pending successful completion of the consent process, consecration will occur June 19 at National Cathedral in Washington, DC with Presiding Bishop Jefferts Schori celebrating.
