The Rt. Rev. Keith Whitmore has agreed to serve as consulting bishop to the reorganizing Episcopal Diocese of Quincy in the period prior to a special synod at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in Peoria, Ill., on April 4.
 
The reorganizing synod became necessary after a majority of clergy and lay delegates voted last November to disaffiliate from The Episcopal Church. The Rt. Rev. Keith L. Ackerman, Bishop of Quincy, resigned Nov. 1, six days before the synod convened
 
Plans call for Bishop Whitmore to be in the diocese on a number of occasions during the next two months to provide pastoral attention. He plans to lead a clergy event on March 4.
 
Representatives of the reorganizing diocese met recently for two days with senior leadership of The Episcopal Church in New York City to plan the synod agenda. Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori will convene the synod, at which time diocesan officers will be elected and representatives will consent to a provisional bishop nominated by Bishop Jefferts Schori..
 
Bishop Whitmore resigned as Bishop of Eau Claire in 2008 to accept a call to be an Assistant Bishop of Atlanta.
 
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