A Bishop for Chicago The Very Rev. William D. Persell, Dean of Trinity Cathedral, Cleveland, Ohio, was today elected the 11th Bishop of the Diocese of Chicago. He was contacted and has accepted the call. Bishop-Elect Persell was elected on the third ballot. The vote details are available on the diocese's web server at http://chicago.anglican.org/Convention/1998/Ballot.html: Profiles of the nominees are at http://chicago.anglican.org/Search/Nominees.html