Michael Joseph Hanley Elected 10th Bishop of Oregon
November 22, 2009 by Stephen Schneider
[Episcopal News Service] The Rev. Michael Joseph Hanley was elected Nov.
20 to be the 10th bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Oregon, pending the
required consents.
Hanley, 54, rector of St. Christopher's Episcopal Church in Roseville,
Minnesota, was elected on the second ballot out of a field of three
candidates. He received 146 votes of 198 cast in the lay order and 104
of 132 cast in the clergy order. An election on the second ballot
required 100 in the lay order and 67 in the clergy order. The results of
all the ballots are available here.
Hanley served churches in Oklahoma, Missouri and elsewhere in Minnesota
before being calling to Roseville in 1998. He is a three-time alternate
deputy to General Convention. Hanley holds a doctor of ministry degree
from Virginia Theological Seminary and a master of divinity degree from
Seabury-Western Theological Seminary. He was ordained deacon in June
1981 and priest in April 1982. Hanley is married to Marla Martin Hanley,
associate academic dean at St. Catherine University in the Twin Cities.
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