Updated
versions of the poster and booklet featuring all 42 black bishops who
have been elected in the Episcopal Church prior to two recent elections
are now available from the Office of Black Ministries. The men and
women featured in the materials include: the first black bishop in the
Episcopal Church, Bishop James Theodore Augustus Holly, consecrated in
1874 as the Bishop of the Diocese of Haiti; the first African-American
woman bishop, the Rt. Rev. Barbara Harris of Massachusetts; and the
first African-American Presiding Bishop, the Most Rev. Michael B.
Curry. The Venerable Carl Wright was elected Bishop Suffragan for Armed
Services and Federal Ministries on September 20, 2016, and the
Rev. Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows was elected Bishop of the Diocese of
Indianapolis on October 28, 2016. Get more info and order the materials here.
