The Wokeness of the Episcopal House of Bishops
by Mary-Ann Mueller, Virtueonline:
This story focuses on Episcopal bishops who are still engaged in active ministry. Retired bishops are not included.
The Episcopal Church has fully embraced the modern idea of diversity, inclusion, and equality. This woke mindset is fully visible in the current makeup of the House of Bishops.
Recently, there have been several dioceses which have put forth an all-female slate of candidates. They are stacking the deck to ensure that a woman is elected as bishop since there was no male candidate presented.
Dioceses which have recently offered female-only elections include: Kansas, Colorado, West Tennessee, San Diego, Iowa, Vermont, Montana, Michigan, and Texas.
Other dioceses offering a token male for election include Central New York, Indianapolis, and Alabama. Women won in those elections also.
As a result, Cathleen Bascom (X Kansas); Kym Lucas (XI Colorado); Phoebe Roaf (IV West Tennessee); Susan Snook Brown (V San Diego); Betsy Monnot (IX Iowa); Shannon MacVean-Brown (XI Vermont); Martha Stebbins (X Montana); Bonnie Perry (XI Michigan); Kathryn Ryan (Texas-suffragan); DeDe Duncan-Probe (XI Central New York); Jennifer Baskerville-Brown (XI Indianapolis); and Glenda Curry (XII Alabama) joined the Episcopal House of Bishops.
To date there have been 46 women elected to the House of Bishops. Two women remain to be officially seated: Elizabeth Gardner, bishop-elect of Nevada, who is to be consecrated in March 2022; and Paula Clark, bishop-elect of Chicago, whose consecration has been put on hold due to health issues.
Of the 44 seated women bishops, 32 remain active either as a sitting diocesan bishop, suffragan bishop, provincial bishop, or assisting/assistant bishop.
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