ST. JOHN THE DIVINE SELECTS A NEW DEAN.(CAPITAL REGION)

Byline: Associated Press -

NEW YORK -- The Cathedral of St. John the Divine announced Sunday that an Episcopal rector from Atlanta has been chosen to serve as dean.

The Rev. Dr. Harry H. Pritchett Jr., rector of All Saints Episcopal Church in Atlanta, was unanimously elected by the trustees of St. John the Divine last week.

The 104-year-old cathedral is the principal church of the Episcopal Diocese of New York and is the largest church building in the United States.

Pritchett will succeed the Very Rev. James Parks Morton, who is retiring on Jan. 1 after 25 years as . Bartholomew's Church, who chaired the search committee for the cathedral's …