- 19 Jun 2006, 23:31
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CNN.com -- Nevada Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori became the first woman elected to lead a church in the global Anglican Communion when she was picked Sunday to be the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church... (U �kotskoj i Sjedinjenim Dr�avama, Anglikanska crkva je poznata kao Episkopalna crkva.)
In 2003, the Americans shocked the Anglican world by electing the first openly gay bishop -- V. Gene Robinson of New Hampshire.
Biografija Jefferts Schori:
NAME -- The Rt. Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori.
AGE -- 52.
EXPERIENCE -- Oceanographer, National Marine Fisheries Service, Seattle; Ordained, 1994; assistant rector Episcopal Church of the Good Samaritan and dean of Good Samaritan School of Theology in Corvallis, Ore.; consecrated bishop of Nevada, 2001; Voted to confirm first openly gay bishop, 2003. Member, Special Commission on the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion.
EDUCATION -- bachelor's degree in biology from Stanford University, 1974; master's in oceanography, Oregon State University, 1977; Ph.d., Oregon State University, 1983; master's in divinity, Church Divinity School of the Pacific, 1994.
FAMILY -- Husband, Richard Miles Schori. One daughter.
QUOTE -- "I am awed and honored and deeply privileged to be elected."
In 2003, the Americans shocked the Anglican world by electing the first openly gay bishop -- V. Gene Robinson of New Hampshire.
Biografija Jefferts Schori:
NAME -- The Rt. Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori.
AGE -- 52.
EXPERIENCE -- Oceanographer, National Marine Fisheries Service, Seattle; Ordained, 1994; assistant rector Episcopal Church of the Good Samaritan and dean of Good Samaritan School of Theology in Corvallis, Ore.; consecrated bishop of Nevada, 2001; Voted to confirm first openly gay bishop, 2003. Member, Special Commission on the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion.
EDUCATION -- bachelor's degree in biology from Stanford University, 1974; master's in oceanography, Oregon State University, 1977; Ph.d., Oregon State University, 1983; master's in divinity, Church Divinity School of the Pacific, 1994.
FAMILY -- Husband, Richard Miles Schori. One daughter.
QUOTE -- "I am awed and honored and deeply privileged to be elected."