After more than a decade under the direction of Bishop Scott Hayashi, Utah Episcopalians have chosen a new top leader — the Rev. Phyllis Spiegel — as the 12th bishop and second woman to head the state’s oldest Protestant denomination.
— as the 12th bishop and second woman to head the state’s oldest Protestant denomination.
“The Diocese of Utah is doing the work I am called to do and have been shaped for throughout my 17 years of ordained ministry, as well as the 11 years prior as a professional naturalist,” Spiegel wrote in her statement to the church. “A bishop needs to articulate and lead the vision, but the diocese must have a heart for it. God is shaping the same call in our hearts.
Spiegel is definitely aware of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints “and its dominance” in Utah, he said, “and appreciates the bridge-building ministry of the current bishop.”As to those in the diocese who elected her, they are delighted.
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