The Rt. Rev. James "Jay" Magness, Bishop Diocesan Pro Tempore

The Rt. Rev. James B. Magness accepted a call to serve as our Bishop Diocesan Pro-Tempore, effective January 1, 2019 and until such time as the 11th Bishop of the Diocese of Southern Virginia is consecrated.

Bishop Magness is the retired Suffragan Bishop of the Armed Forces and Federal Ministries. Magness was elected by the House of Bishops as Bishop Suffragan on March 24, 2010. Previously, Magness served as the Canon for Mission and Diocesan Administration in the Episcopal Diocese of Southern Virginia and in parish and diocesan ministry. He retired from the U.S. Navy in 2003 in the rank of Captain, serving as command chaplain of U.S. Joint Forces Command and fleet chaplain for the U.S. Fleet Forces Command. Prior to those assignments, from 1997 to 2000 he was on the Navy Chief of Chaplains’ staff as personnel manager of the Navy Chaplain Corps.

Bishop Magness can be contacted at bishop@diosova.org
 

Bishop's Blog, Sermons, and more

Bishop Magness' blog is www.bishopmagness.blogspot.com

You can follow him on Twitter at @DioSoVaBishop

Address to the 2019 Annual Council

Sermon at the 2019 Annual Council Eucharist

Sermon at St. James, Portsmouth on March 3, 2019

Sermon at Christ & St. Luke's, Norfolk on Ash Wednesday, 2019

Bishop Magness' 2019 Visitation Schedule

February 3 – St. Simon’s, Virginia Beach

February 17 – St. Paul’s, Norfolk

February 24 – Chatham Hall School

March 3 – St. James, Portsmouth

March 10 – Epiphany, Danville

March 24 – St. Luke’s, Blackstone

April 14 – St. Paul’s, Petersburg

April 20 (Saturday) – Easter Vigil at Christ & St. Luke’s, Norfolk

May 5 – Emmanuel, Chatham

May 19 – All Saints’, Virginia Beach

May 30 – St. John’s, Portsmouth

June 2 – Galilee, Virginia Beach

June 9 – Bruton Parish, Williamsburg

June 23 – St. John’s, Chester

June 30 – St. Martin’s, Williamsburg