Each day during March, we celebrate the contributions 31 women have made and recognize their specific achievement as bishop in the Episcopal Church.
Today we celebrate retired Bishop Carolyn Tanner Irish of the Diocese of Utah
“Bishop Carolyn Tanner Irish was consecrated and seated as the first female and 10th Bishop of Utah on May 31, 1996, overseeing congregations and other ministry programs until her retirement in 2010. Bishop Tanner Irish is the daughter of Obert C. Tanner and grew up in Salt Lake City as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, enrolled at Stanford University, earned a master of letters degree in moral philosophy from the University of Oxford. When she was 35, she began attending the Episcopal Church in Michigan, and by 1979, she was enrolled in an Episcopal seminary.”
Click here to learn more about Bishop Carolyn Tanner Irish.
“All bishops of the Episcopal Church, active or retired, make up the House of Bishops. Like the governing body of the United States, the governing body of Episcopal Church (called “the General Convention”) is comprised of two Houses: the House of Bishops and the House of Deputies. They meet and act separately, and both Houses must concur to adopt legislation. General Convention meets every three years, and the House of Bishops meets twice a year between conventions in a non-legislative capacity. The Presiding Bishop is the president of the House of Bishops.”
Source: https://www.episcopalchurch.org/who-we-are/church-governance/house-of-bishops/; https://www.deseret.com/2010/5/21/20116483/bishop-carolyn-tanner-irish-becomes-first-woman-to-win-giant-in-our-city-award; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolyn_Tanner_Irish; https://cathedral.org/staff/the-rt-rev-carolyn-tanner-irish/