Hermosa Beach Rector on Short List to Replace L.A. Episcopal Diocese Bishop

HERMOSA BEACH, CA — A Hermosa Beach rector was the five candidates named to replace the retiring Los Angeles Bishop Diocesan J. Jon Bruno, the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles announced.

The Rev. Rachel Nyback, the rector of St. Cross, was named as a coadjutor candidate and is up for election at the December Diocesan Convention meeting in Ontario. Nyback, 46, has served in ministry in Southern California and Washington D.C. after teaching in Kuwait. She was the first woman rector in St. Cross' 100-year history.

"I give thanks for the members and work of the search committee, and for all the people who have offered themselves as candidates," said Bruno, who was elected bishop coadjutor in 1999.

Within the Episcopal Church, a bishop coadjutor is elected to succeed a bishop diocesan upon his or her retirement or resignation, and to assist the diocesan in ministry for a period prior to official installation as bishop diocesan.

'We are blessed to have a slate of talented, experienced, soulful candidates, any one of whom could lead this diocese forward, each of whom wishes only to serve Christ and the church as called,' said the Rev. Canon Julian Bull, search committee chair and head of Campbell Hall Episcopal school in North Hollywood.

If every goes according to plan, a new bishop will be installed by early next summer.

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