The Rt. Rev. Alden E. Hathaway, Bishop of Pittsburgh, called for an election of a bishop coadjutor during his address to diocesan convention Nov. 6 at Trinity Cathedral, Pittsburgh. Bishop Hathaway, diocesan for 12 years, said he hoped the process of electing and consecrating a new bishop would be completed by spring 1996.

"This diocese is in a radically different place from where it was 15 years ago," Bishop Hathaway said in his address. "In many ways we are well ahead, within the Episcopal Church and among other churches, in this process of change, which is literally seismic in its dimension."

The Ven. Elizabeth Rodewald was commissioned as archdeacon. Mrs. Rodewald was elected by deacons of the diocese last spring, marking the first permanent deacon to hold the position.

The Church of the Savior, Ambridge, was recognized as a congregation of the diocese.

The Rev. Colenzo Hubbard of the Emmanuel Center in Memphis, Tenn., spoke at the convention banquet about his work in urban ministry.