Rocky Mountain Region elects local bishop

With great joy, the people of the Rocky Mountain Region of the Ecumenical Catholic Communion (ECC) elected Mother Kae Madden. Following the model of the early church, the bishop was elected by those she serves: all of the lay and clergy members of the Region; and her election was formally affirmed by our wider Communion at our Holy Synod on July 18, 2021. Currently, there are 5 communities along Colorado’s Front Range: the Church of the Holy Family ECC in Aurora; Church of the Beloved ECC in Northglenn (where Bishop-elect Kae serves as pastor); Light of Christ ECC in Longmont; Mary of Magdala ECC in Fort Collins, and St. Paul Denver ECC. Collectively, the Region is a member of the Colorado Council of Churches. On September 19, 2021, many friends and family, Presiding Bishop Francis Krebs, bishops, presbyters and religious of the national Communion, and ecumenical guests gathered for the consecration and ordination Mass held at Bethany Lutheran Church in Cherry Hills Village, CO. Bishop Kae Madden now joins the ECC House of Bishops.