Election results and Bishop's Appointments from the 147th Annual Diocesan Convention

Elections & Bishop’s Appointments

2021 General Convention – Clergy 3rd & 4th Alternates

• The Rev. Dr. Elaine Ellis Thomas – All Saints, Hoboken (3rd Alternate)
• The Rev. Sharon Sheridan Hausman – Christ Church, Newton (4th Alternate)

ACTS VIM – Class of 2024

• The Rev. Cathie Studwell – St. Bartholomew's, Ho Ho Kus
• Denneze Nelson – St. Agnes & St. Paul's, East Orange
• Brigid Dwyer – St. George's, Maplewood
• Arnold Peinado – Christ Church, Short Hills (Bishop's Appointment)

Disciplinary Board – Lay Class of 2026

• Thomas A. Bisdale – Grace Church, Westwood

Disciplinary Board – Clergy Class of 2027

• The Rev. Kevin PJ Coffey – Atonement, Fair Lawn

Diocesan Council – Class of 2024

• The Rev. Grant Mansfield – St. George's, Maplewood
• The Rev. Deacon Lorna Woodham – St. Andrew & Holy Communion, South Orange
• The Rev. Kathryn King – St. Alban's, Oakland/Franklin Lakes
• Jerrick Rutherford – St. Andrew & Holy Communion, South Orange
• Larysa Cohen – St. Luke's, Montclair
• Robert Ross – St. Agnes & St. Paul’s, East Orange
• The Rev. Asa Coulsen, Grace Church, Madison (Bishop’s Appointment)
• Vanessa Wigfall, Trinity & St. Philip’s Cathedral, Newark (Bishop’s Appointment)
• Ross Wisnewski, St. Mary’s Church, Sparta, (Bishop’s Appointment)

Diocesan Council – Class of 2023

• The Rev. Raul E. Ausa – Trinity, Allendale
• Robert Cottingham, Jr. – Epiphany & Christ Church, Orange

Diocesan Council – Class of 2022

• The Rev Deacon Nancy Hansen – Good Shepherd, Lincoln Park & Montville
• Dennis Piccirillo – St. Dunstan’s Church, Succasunna (Bishop’s Appointment)

The Standing Committee – Lay Class of 2025

• Nerissa Boccino – St. Peter's, Morristown

The Standing Committee – Clergy Class of 2025

• The Rev. Nathaniel Darville – St. Peter’s Church, Essex Fells

Trinity & St. Philip's Cathedral Chapter – Clergy Class of 2024

• The Rev. Anthony Puca, Jr. – Holy Trinity, Hillsdale

Trinity & St. Philip's Cathedral Chapter – Lay Class of 2024

• John C. Garde – Grace Church, Madison

Trinity & St. Philip's Cathedral Chapter – Class of 2024

• The Rev. Melissa Hall – St. James Upper Montclair (Bishop’s Appointment)

Constitution & Canons Committee – Class of 2022

• Thomas A. Bisdale – Grace Church, Westwood
• Patricia Arlin Bradley – Holy Trinity, Hillsdale
• T. Donald Cairns – St. Clement's, Hawthorne
• Fr Kevin PJ Coffey – Atonement, Fair Lawn
• John C. Garde – Grace Church, Madison
• Laura A. Russell, Esq. – All Saints, Hoboken
• John L Smith – Trinity & St. Philip's Cathedral, Newark
• Bernice E. Vanderpool – Grace Church Van Vorst, Jersey City
• John G. Webb, III – St. Luke and St. Mary, Hope and Belvidere
• The Rev. Paul Yoon – St. Agnes', Little Falls

Appointments to Unelected Ministries

Ward J Herbert Board – Class of 2024

• Ron Caras – St. Dunstan's Succasunna
• Vanessa Foster– St. Paul's Jersey City

HR Advisory Board – Class of 2025

• The Rev. Deacon Erik Soldwedel – St. Paul's Paterson
• Dr. Matthew Price – St. Luke's Montclair

Commission on Ministry – Class of 2024

• Sue Morgan –All Saints Glen Rock
• Godfrey Gregg – St. Luke's Montclair
• Patrice Maynard – St. Paul's, Jersey City

Commission for Justice and Peace

• Jody Caldwell –Redeemer, Morristown (Co-Chair)
• The Rev. Deacon Diane Riley – Grace Madison (Co-Chair)
• Sharonda Bailey – Epiphany & Christ, Orange
• Bernadette Blong – St. Dunstan’s, Succasunna
• Michelle Borden – St. Agnes’ Church, Little Falls
• Meg Critchley – St. James, Hackettstown
• The Rev. Deacon Nancy Hansen – Good Shepherd, Towaco
• The Rev. Kathryn King –St. Albans, Oakland/Franklin Lakes
• Joy Manasse –St. Andrew & Holy Communion, South Orange
• Rob Moore – Grace, Westwood
• Catherine Olivo – St. Elizabeth’s, Ridgewood
• The Rev. Margaret Otterburn – Church of the Messiah, Chester
• Mark Roy – St. George’s, Maplewood
• Laura Russell – All Saints, Hoboken
• John Simonelli – St. David’s Church, Kinnelon
• Belinda Stokes – St. Paul’s Church, Jersey City

Commission on Liturgy and Music

• The Rev. Raul Ausa – Trinity, Allendale
• Gail Barkley – Trinity & St. Philip's Cathedral, Newark
• Gail Blache-Gill – St. Paul's & Incarnation, Jersey City
• Dr. Jill Burnett Comings – Grace VanVorst, Jersey City
• The Rev. Audrey Hasselbrook – St. James, Upper Montclair
• Kevin Kelly – St. Peter’s, Morristown
• Dr. Laura Moore – All Saints', Hoboken
• Jewels Quelly – St. James', Hackettstown
• Alison Siener-Brown – All Saints', Millington
• The Rev. Bob Solon – St. John's, Passaic
• Mark Trautman – St. Paul's, Engelwood
• Vanessa Wigfall – Trinity & St. Philip's Cathedral, Newark
• Jane Jubilee and The Rev. Canon Andrew Wright, Bishop’s Office Liaisons

Diocesan Youth Commission

• The Rev. Asa Coulson (Co Chair)
• Janelle Grant (Co Chair)
• Donna Caputo
• Kathy Dewalt
• Alicia Stathum
• Chris Whitaker
• Anthony Briggs and Kathryn Schaefer, Cross Roads Camp Liaisons
• Jane Jubilee and The Rev. Canon Andrew Wright, Bishop’s Office Liaisons

Racial History Committee

• The Rev. Willie Smith (Co-Chair)
• Ken Bledsoe – St. John's Memorial Church, Ramsey (Co-Chair)
• Gail Barkley – Trinity & St. Philip's Cathedral, Newark
• Carol Berry – All Saints Church, Millington
• Suzanne Bowles – St. Michael's Church, Wayne
• Melissa Bristol – Christ Church, Short Hills
• Anne Calloway – Trinity & St. Philip's Cathedral, Newark
• Brigid Dwyer – St. George’s, Maplewood
• The Rev. Melissa Hall – St. James, Upper Montclair
• Armstead Johnson
• The Rev. Grant Mansfield – St. George’s, Maplewood
• Mary Lou Mitchell – St. George’s, Maplewood
• Pat Piermatti – St. James, Upper Montclair
• The Rev. Deacon Erik Soldwedel – St. Clement's Church Hawthorne/ St. Paul's Church, Paterson
• The Rev. Fain Webb – St. Lukes & St. Mary's, Hope/Belvidere

Racial Justice and Healing Commission

• E.V. Janopaul – St Peter’s, Mountain Lakes
• The Rev. Michelle “Chellie” White – Christ Church, Teaneck

Conveners of the Regional Ministry Networks

Absalom Jones

• Stephen Dittrich – Trinity, Bayonne
• The Rev. Willie Smith
• Belinda Stokes – St. Paul's, Jersey City

Augustine of Hippo

• The Rev. Kevin Coffey – Atonement, Fair Lawn
• Fran Regan – Atonement, Tenafly
• Marsha Mackey – St. Mark's, Teaneck

Benedict of Nursia

• The Rev. Anthony Puca– Grace, Westwood / Holy Trinity, Hillsdale
• Peter Angelica – St. Elizabeth's, Ridgewood
• Bob Bogert – St. Paul's, Montvale

Constance & Companions

• The Rev. Jon Richardson – St. David's Kinnelon
• Kathy Kent – St. David's, Kinnelon
• Kathleen O’Brien – St. Mary's Sparta

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

• The Rev. Melissa Hall – St. James, Upper Montclair
• Dyan Bryson – St. Luke's Montclair
• Barbara Monahan – Grace Rutherford

Evelyn Underhill

• Sarah Rosen – Christ Church, Short Hills
• The Rev. Susan Ironside – Grace, Madison

Florence Li Tim-Oi

• Anne Calloway – Trinity & St. Philip's, Cathedral
• The Rev. Sylvester Ekunwe –St. Andrew's Newark

Harriet Tubman

• Carol Berry – All Saints, Millington
• The Rev. Anne Kitch – St. Luke's, Phillipsburg
• Meg Buck –St. Luke & St. Mary's, Hope & Belvidere