Search Committee The Diocese of Florida has formed committees for both the Search/Nominating and Transition Committees. These groups are crucial in shared leadership in identifying and calling our next bishop diocesan. The Search and Transition Committees take on very different roles – please pay attention to where you might be called and how your gifts fit into the constellation of needs! For the Transition Committee page, click here. Search Committee Description The Holy Work of the Search Committee is to create and present a slate of candidates to the Standing Committee within the parameters (not fewer than 3, on March 27, 2026) outlined in the official “Charge to the Search Committee” given by the Standing Committee. The Search Committee is a committee entrusted with the sacred task of discerning who will be the next bishop of the Diocese of Florida. The search committee is committed to prayerful and faithful discernment as they look forward with hope, seeking God’s guidance to identify a leader who will shepherd the diocese into a future shaped by the love of Christ. Envisioning Forum The Bishop Search Committee holding a series of Envisioning Forums that invite fellow members of our diocesan family to look forward in faith and brainstorm about our diocese’s future. We will ponder and discuss three questions together: What is going well in how our diocese focuses on and follows Jesus? In what ways can we better focus on and follow Jesus as a diocese? What qualities would a bishop need to lead us in focusing on and following Jesus? If you have questions, please email florida.bishop.nine@gmail.com. Dates Thursday, October 2 · 7 p.m. Saint Paul’s by the Sea Church (Jacksonville Beach) Tuesday, October 7 · 7 p.m. Saint Mark’s Church (Jacksonville) Thursday, October 9 · 7 p.m. Saint John’s Cathedral (Jacksonville) Friday, October 10 · 7 p.m. Holy Comforter Church (Tallahassee) Wednesday, October 15 · 7 p.m. All Saints Church (Jacksonville) Tuesday, October 21 · 7 p.m. Trinity Parish North Campus (Saint Augustine) Thursday, October 23 · 7 p.m. Saint James Church (Lake City) Youth & Young Adult Collegiate Forums Schedule: Saturday, October 11 · 7 p.m. Chapel of the Incarnation (Gainesville) Thursday, October 16 · 7 p.m. Ruge Hall: Chapel of the Resurrection (Tallahassee) Wednesday, October 22 ·12 noon Jacksonville Campus Ministry (Jacksonville) Search Committee Slate To read full biographies for each member, click here. The Rev. Carolyn Jones, Co-Chair St. Mark’s, Jacksonville Mark Armesto St. Paul’s, Quincy Eileen Bisgard St. Mary’s, Green Cove Springs Gregory Orloff, Co-Chair Holy Trinity, Gainesville Paul Arrington St. John’s, Jacksonville Angela Boyd Our Saviour, Jacksonville Martha Cox St. John’s, Jacksonville The Rev. Allen Hill, PhD Holy Comforter, Tallahassee The Rev. Mal Jopling St. Cyprian’s, St. Augustine Courtland Eyrick St. Mark’s, Jacksonville The Rev. George Holston Church of the Mediator, Micanopy The Rev. Lonnie Lacy St. John’s, Tallahassee The Rev. Reid McCormick St. Paul’s by-the-Sea, Jacksonville Beach The Rev. Dcn. Beth Ranoull Our Saviour, Jacksonville The Rev. Quinn Parman All Saints, Jacksonville The Rev. Dcn. Lawanda Williams St. Paul’s by-the-Sea, Jacksonville Beach