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 Bishop Phoebe Alison Roaf of the Diocese of West Tennessee
“The Episcopal Diocese of West Tennessee elected the Rev. Phoebe Roaf, as the first female and its fourth bishop on November 17, 2018. Consecrated on May 4, 2019 she became the first African-American bishop in the diocese. Bishop Roaf, who earned a law degree from the University of Arkansas, Little Rock, and clerked two years for Judge James L. Dennis, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, worked in commercial real estate before being ordained.”
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“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://episwtn.org/bishop-staff/; https://www.episcopalnewsservice.org/2018/11/27/diocese-of-west-tennessee-elects-phoebe-roaf-as-bishop/; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoebe_Alison_Roaf