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 the late Bishop Jane Holmes Dixon of the Diocese of Washington, pro tempore
“The late Rt. Rev. Jane Holmes Dixon was consecrated on November 19, 1992 as Suffragan Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington. She is the second woman to take the office of bishop in the Episcopal Church, and the third in the worldwide Anglican Communion.” “Bishop Dixon has been selected three times by Washingtonian magazine as one of the 100 most influential women in the Washington metropolitan area. In January 2002, she was named a Washingtonian of the Year.”
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“A Suffragan Bishop is “A suffragan bishop is an assisting bishop who does not automatically succeed a diocesan bishop. A suffragan bishop may be elected bishop or bishop coadjutor.”
“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://cathedral.org/staff/the-rt-rev-jane-holmes-dixon/; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Dixon