Witcher Appointed Armed Forces Interim
Episcopal News Service. April 13, 1989 [89077A]
NEW YORK (DPS, Apr. 13) -- On April 7 Presiding Bishop Edmond L. Browning announced the appointment of the Rt. Rev. Robert C. Witcher, Diocesan of Long Island, as Interim Bishop for the Armed Forces. The retirement of Suffragan Bishop for the Armed Forces, the Rt. Rev. Charles Burgreen, became effective on April 1.
Witcher will serve, the Presiding Bishop announced, until a new Bishop for the Armed Forces is elected by the House of Bishops. The election is scheduled for the September meeting of the House in Philadelphia.