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. For the Transition Committee page, click here. Search Committee Description 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 Holy Work of the Search Committee is to create and present a slate of candidates to the Standing Committee. 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. Search Committee Members 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