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Katharine Jefferts Schori

Katharine Jefferts Schori
Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori
Honorific-prefixThe Most Reverend
NameKatharine Jefferts Schori
Bishop OfPresiding Bishop of TEC
CaptionPresiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori
ProvinceThe Episcopal Church
DioceseNon-territorial/non-metropolitical
SeeWashington, D.C.
Enthroned2006
EndedIncumbent
PredecessorFrank Tracy Griswold
Ordination1994 as priest
Consecration2001 as bishop
Other PostBishop of Nevada
Birth DateMarch 26, 1954(age 57)
Birth PlacePensacola, Florida
SpouseRichard Schori
Children1 (Katharine)

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Katharine Jefferts Schori (born March 26, 1954, in Pensacola, Florida) is the 26th Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church of the United States. Previously elected as the 9th Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Nevada, she is the first woman elected as a primate of the Anglican Communion. Jefferts Schori was elected at the 75th General Convention on June 18, 2006, and invested at Washington National Cathedral on November 4, 2006. She took part in her first General Convention of the Episcopal Church as Presiding Bishop in July 2009.

Katharine Jefferts Schori Video

Eyewitness News 5's Tyler Suiters has a revealing interview with Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori, the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church.
5.25 min. | 3.53 user rating		 This is the procession during the service of the visitation of Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori to St. Paul's Memorial Church, Charlottesville, VA on January 31, 2010 as they began the year-long celebration of their centennial.
3.93 min. | 3.8 user rating		 Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori addresses the events and the controversies facing the Episcopal Church this fall in Room for All. The Presiding Bishop offers her remarks during a visit to the Diocese of Georgia following Eucharist with Christ Church Savannah, currently worshipping at St Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church in Savannah.
5.63 min. | 4.20 user rating		 Understanding and Promoting Happiness in Today's Society What do Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam teach us about the concept of happiness? What do these ancient traditions hold in common about this often elusive state of being, and what are their greatest points of difference? How do they define happiness? Is happiness the purpose of life, or is it a reward only available after life? Listen to His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama discuss happiness with The Most Reverend Dr. Katharine Jefferts Schori, the 26th Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church; Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth; and George Washington University Professor Seyyed Hossein Nasr, a world-renowned scholar on Islam. Krista Tippett, host and producer of the award-winning public radio program "Being" (formerly titled "Speaking of Faith"), will moderate.
8.23 min. | 5.0 user rating		 Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori speaks at the conclusion of the House of Bishops meeting September 25.
3.17 min. | 2.84 user rating
Understanding and Promoting Happiness in Today's Society What do Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam teach us about the concept of happiness? What do these ancient traditions hold in common about this often elusive state of being, and what are their greatest points of difference? How do they define happiness? Is happiness the purpose of life, or is it a reward only available after life? Listen to His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama discuss happiness with The Most Reverend Dr. Katharine Jefferts Schori, the 26th Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church; Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth; and George Washington University Professor Seyyed Hossein Nasr, a world-renowned scholar on Islam. Krista Tippett, host and producer of the award-winning public radio program "Being" (formerly titled "Speaking of Faith"), will moderate.
106.98 min. | 4.61 user rating		 "New life out of death: a message for Easter" from Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Shori
3.43 min. | 3.66 user rating		 Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori arrived July 6 in Brazil for a five-day visit to the Anglican-Episcopal Church of Brazil, one of the 38 provinces of the Anglican Communion. Jan Nunley, Episcopal Life Online, spoke with Jefferts Schori about that trip and her meetings with local clergy and laity in Brasilia, Porto Alegre, and Rio de Janeiro. from www.episcopalchurch.org/elife
5.72 min. | 5.0 user rating		 Episcopal Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori gave the blessing at 11:15 Eucharist on Sunday, November 15, 2009 at Trinity Cathedral, Sacramento, CA.
3.52 min. | 4.0 user rating		 Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori offers an overview of the House of Bishops and speaks about the upcoming September 20-25 meeting in New Orleans. www.episcopalchurch.org/elife
2.80 min. | 5.0 user rating

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Leader of all Episcopalians speaks at St. Christopher's Church - ABC12.com Tweet this news
ABC12.com--The Most Reverend -Katharine Jefferts Schori-, who is the leader of all Episcopalians in the US, is the first woman primate in the Anglican Communion. ... - Date : Sun, 17 Oct 2010 04:30:43 GMT+00:00
If Jefferts Schori is at meeting, I won't come, says Primate - Church Times Tweet this news
Church Times---...- Global South are contemplating a boycott of the next Primates' Meeting because the US Presiding Bishop, Dr -Katharine Jefferts Schori-, will be present. ... - Date : Thu, 07 Oct 2010 23:04:15 GMT+00:00
Immigration Heresy (Or At Least Error) From Episcopal Bishop Katharine ... - VDARE.com Tweet this news
VDARE.com---...- assertions made by Episcopalian Presiding Bishop -Katharine Jefferts Schori- in a statement on immigration inserted in that week's Order of Service. ... - Date : Fri, 24 Sep 2010 03:18:23 GMT+00:00

Episcopal Church (USA) titles
Preceded by
Frank Tracy Griswold		26th Presiding Bishop
November 1, 2006 - present		Incumbent
Preceded by
Stewart Zabriskie		9th Bishop of Nevada
2001 - November 1, 2006		Succeeded by
Dan T. Edwards

Presiding Bishops in the Episcopal Church in the United States of America

Samuel Seabury * Samuel Provoost * William White * Alexander Viets Griswold * Philander Chase * Thomas Church Brownell * John Henry Hopkins * Benjamin Bosworth Smith * Alfred Lee * John Williams * Thomas March Clark * Daniel Sylvester Tuttle * Alexander Charles Garrett * Ethelbert Talbot * John Gardner Murray * Charles Palmerston Anderson * James DeWolf Perry * Henry St. George Tucker * Henry Knox Sherrill * Arthur C. Lichtenberger * John Elbridge Hines * John Maury Allin * Edmond Lee Browning * Frank Tracy Griswold * Katharine Jefferts Schori *



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