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Jul 20, 2011

John McKee Sloan Elected 11th Bishop of Alabama

[Episcopal News Service] The Rt. Rev. John McKee "Kee" Sloan was elected July 16 as the 11th bishop of the Diocese of Alabama. He currently is Alabama's suffragan bishop. The Rev. Chuck Treadwell of St. Paul's, Waco, was among the nominess for the position.

Sloan was elected from a field of four nominees on the first ballot. He received 145 of 270 votes cast in the lay order and 68 of 118 cast in the clergy order. An election required 136 votes in the lay order and 60 in the clergy order.

The other nominees were:

  • The Rev. Kenneth L. Chumbley, rector of Christ Episcopal Church in Springfield, Missouri;
  • The Rev. Clare Fischer-Davies, rector of St. Martin's Episcopal Church in Providence, Rhode Island;

Sloan has been Alabama's bishop suffragan since 2008. Before that, he served as rector of St. Thomas' Episcopal Church in Huntsville, Alabama, for 14 years, and at a number of churches in the Diocese of Mississippi.

The Diocese of Alabama covers north and central Alabama, with more than 34,000 members and 92 parishes and worshiping communities.