Episcopal bishop ordination Saturday
Angela E. Lackey,
Midland Daily News
09/04/2006

The Rev. S. Todd Ousley said he's ready to take on the responsibilities as bishop of The Episcopal Diocese of Eastern Michigan.

"Just in the last couple of days I have felt a sense of calm," he said.

His ordination and consecration as a bishop will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 9, at Horizons Conference Center, Saginaw. The Rt. Rev. Wendell Gibbs, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Michigan, will be the chief celebrant.

Ousley, 44, was elected at a special convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Eastern Michigan in May and will replace the current diocesan bishop, the Rt. Rev. Edwin M. Leidel, when the bishop retires within the next year.

Ousley has been the diocese's missioner for congregational development and clergy deployment. Ousley will be the diocese's second bishop of since it was created in 1995. the rest