Gayle Elizabeth Harris
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Gayle Elizabeth Harris was ordained as Bishop
Suffragan of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts
in 2003, succeeding Barbara Harris.
This is the first time in the Episcopal Church in the United States that a woman bishop has been succeeded by another woman bishop.
Bishop
A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...
Suffragan of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts
Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts
Episcopal Diocese of MassachusettsThe Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts is one of the nine original dioceses of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America....
in 2003, succeeding Barbara Harris.
This is the first time in the Episcopal Church in the United States that a woman bishop has been succeeded by another woman bishop.
External links
- Statistics on G.E. Harris from Louie Crew