Diocesan Service Officer Appointed
Diocesan Press Service. February 10, 1970 [84-3]
NEW YORK, N.Y. -- The appointment of a Diocesan Service Officer team as a link for "communication, interpretation and coordination" between the Executive Council of the Episcopal Church and the dioceses has been announced by the Presiding Bishop, The Rt. Rev. John E. Hines.
A statement by the Rt. Rev. Stephen F. Bayne, Jr., Deputy for Program, issued at the time of the team's appointment, asserted:
"We cannot hope to cover all the Dioceses or even half of them by this partial deployment of officers already heavily burdened. But we plan to make this experimental investment of some of our ablest manpower, to test this way of building a fresh sense of comradeship between the Dioceses and the national Church. "
Bishop Bayne said the Bishops would be consulted about individual assignments of the team to specific Dioceses.
The team will be composed of the Rev. Robert Royster and the Rev. Alfred Rollins, full-time Diocesan Service Officers. In addition the following will serve part-time as members of the "team": The Rev. Quinland Gordon, the Rev. Robert Martin, the Rev. Robert Rodenmayer, and the Rev. John Stevens. All are members of the Executive Council Staff.
Mr. Walker Taylor, Jr., director of the section for Service to Dioceses, will serve as chairman.