June 19, 2006

• we did it!!!! we did it!!! there FINALLY is a female presiding Bishop of the Episcopal church!!

  
  

  "COLUMBUS, Ohio - Episcopal Bishop Katherine Jefferts Schori has tackled male-dominated fields before as an oceanographer and a pilot. Now, she is taking on an even broader challenge as the first woman in the world to lead an Anglican province.

  
  

  Jefferts Schori, bishop of Nevada, was elected Sunday as the first female presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, the U.S. arm of the Anglican Communion. It is the latest groundbreaking and potentially divisive move by the American denomination.

  
  

  Three years ago, Episcopalians stunned the communion by consecrating the first openly gay bishop — V. Gene Robinson of New Hampshire. The Episcopal General Convention, the national meeting where Jefferts Schori was elected, will decide this week whether to appease angry overseas archbishops by temporarily barring homosexuals from leading dioceses.

  
  

  As presiding bishop, Jefferts Schori will have to explain the church's decision to elevate Robinson, which she supported, to the Anglican leaders who don't even consider her ordination valid. Many Anglicans believe women should not be ordained.

  
  

  Only two of the 37 other Anglican provinces — New Zealand and Canada — have female bishops, although some allow women to serve in the post."

  
  

  it is going to be very interesting when she goes to gather with all the other Anglican primates (please, NO simian references here)... and we thought the biggest controversy to arise this year would be from the election of a diocesan bishop in San Francisco where 3 out of the 7 candidates are openly gay.... i think this is an exciting time to be an Episocpalian, but i wonder how this will impact on my postulancy and journey to be a priest..

  
  

  let the games commence...

  
  

  *edit* it's not like me but i forgot to credit the writer > Rachel Zoll, AP Religion Writer

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