The Consecration 

		
October 31, 
		2009

		
11:00 am

		
 

		

		Sioux Falls 
		Convention Center

		

		1101 N. West Ave, Sioux Falls  

		
 

		
Presiding 
		Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, Chief Consecrator

		
 

		
Reception 
		following

		
 

		
Click 
		Here to ask for further information

	




 


 


 


The Election



	

		 
		
		

			
				
				
				
				
				
			
			

				
				2009 Special Election
				 
				 
				 
			

			

				
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
			

			

				
				Ballot #
				
				1
				
				2
			

			

				
				Order
				
				Clergy
				
				Lay
				
				Clergy
				
				Lay
			

			

				
				Total Votes Cast
				
				51
				
				136
				
				53
				
				138
			

			

				
				Needed to Elect
				
				34
				
				91
				
				36
				
				93
			

			

				
				 
				
				 
				
				 
				
				 
				
				 
			

			

				
				John Tarrant
				
				27
				
				73
				
				44
				
				101
			

			

				
				John Floberg
				
				7
				
				15
				
				3
				
				14
			

			

				
				Doug Dunn
				
				5
				
				12
				
				6
				
				23
			

			

				
				Peter Stebinger
				
				11
				
				36
				
				withdrew
				
				 withdrew
			

			

				
				 (spoiled ballot)
				
				1
				
				 
				
				 
				
				 
			

			

		
 

	




Bishop-Elect


See the 
May/June 2009 issue 
of South Dakota ChurchNews for additional information on Fr. Tarrant.


 


 



	

		
		
		
		Name:  
		
		John T. Tarrant 
		
	

	

		
		Current Position:  
		
		
Rector, 
		Trinity Church

		
Pierre, 
		South Dakota

	

	

		
		Date of Birth: 
		
		February 17, 1952
	

	

		
		Place of Birth: 
		
		Kansas City, Missouri
	

	

		
		Family:    
		
		
Patricia 
		Tarrant, Spouse

		
11 adult 
		children in blended family

	

	

		 
		
		Education:  
		
		
B.A. – 
		Michigan State University, Political Science, 1974

		
M.Div. –  
		Virginia Theological Seminary, 1983 

	

	

		 
		
		Ordination:
		
		
Deacon,  
		June 11, 1983, Diocese of Western Michigan

		
Priest, 
		February 11, 1984, Diocese of Western Massachusetts

	

	

		 
		 
		 
	

	


   


Consent for the 
Election was obtained from the House of Bishops and the House of Deputies at 
General Convention in Anaheim, July 7-17, 2009.