When the Rt. Rev. Chilton R. Knudsen, arrived in Maine from Chicago in late 1997, she announced she would retire, God willing, in the fall of 2008, according to The Northeast, the diocesan newspaper. Next month at diocesan convention, delegates from each of the 67 congregations in the Diocese of Maine will be asked to approve a number of rules proposed by the standing committee for the discernment process and election of a bishop coadjutor. The election is tentatively scheduled for October 2007.

Besides this resolution and the elections to diocesan offices, delegates will be asked to consider six other resolutions during the Oct. 21-22 convention in Bangor. The subjects range from clergy compensation minimums for 2006 and revisions to diocesan canons about clergy and lay employee compensation to support for environmental preservation, recovery from addiction, and civil rights for all citizens. Another resolution calls for acceptance of the Windsor Report, a document released last year just days prior to the 2004 diocesan convention.

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