The Rt. Rev. R. Stewart Wood, Jr., Bishop of Michigan, announced to his diocesan convention he is calling for the election of a bishop coadjutor when the convention of the Diocese of Michigan met Feb. 27-28 at St. Paul's Church in Lansing.

Bishop Wood, who has been diocesan since 1990, requested that a committee be formed and begin what will likely be a year-long process which will culminate in the election of the next diocesan bishop sometime after the 1999 diocesan convention next February.

The convention focused on affirmative aging, and, among its business, adopted a budget of $2.2 million.