The Episcopal Diocese of Oklahoma elected a new bishop on Saturday in Oklahoma City.

The Rev. Poulson C. Reed, 49, received a majority of votes during the diocese's election convention at St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral, 127 NW 7. Reed, who lives in Phoenix, Arizona, did not attend the election gathering but received the news that he had been elected by telephone.

He will become the diocese's sixth bishop after the retirement of the Rt. Rev. Edward Konieczny, the faith group's current bishop, at the end of 2020.

Episcopalians around the state had an opportunity to meet and talk with Reed and the Rev. Scott Gunn, another bishop candidate, at gatherings called "walkabouts" held Dec. 6-8 in Lawton, Tulsa and Oklahoma City.