Church's OK needed before he assumes post
By SAM HODGES
The Dallas Morning News
April 3, 2008
The Rev. Canon Paul Lambert has been elected bishop suffragan of the Episcopal Diocese of Dallas.
Clergy and laity of the diocese chose him last weekend from a field of six nominees.
Canon Lambert still must gain consent of the broader church, through its bishops and diocesan standing committees, to assume the new post. The Episcopal Church allows 120 days for that process.
"Bishop suffragan" is defined as a "helping bishop" to the bishop of the diocese – in this case Bishop James Stanton. Not all dioceses have one, and the Dallas diocese has not had one lately.
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