Please join us in holding Rev. Glasspool and her partner, the Los Angeles
Diocese and the Episcopal Church in your prayers.
with hope and grace,
Michael
Michael J. Adee, M.Div., Ph.D., Executive Director & Field
Organizer
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Fe, New Mexico 87501 USA
Newly
elected gay Episcopal bishop: Excited about church's
future
Los Angeles
Times
December 5,
2009 | 4:09 pm
Larry Stammer
in Riverside
The Rev. Canon
Mary D. Glasspool, newly elected bishop suffragan of the Episcopal Diocese of
Los Angeles, told delegates after her election that she was excited about the
future of the national church. Glasspool, 55, is the first openly lesbian priest
to be elected a bishop in the Episcopal Church.
"I'm very
excited about the future of the whole Episcopal Church and I see the Diocese of
Los Angeles leading the way into that future. But for just for this moment, let
me say again, thank you, and thanks be to our loving and supporting God, a
surprising God," Glasspool told delegates to the diocese's annual convention
just after they elected her on the seventh balloting for one of two open
suffragan, or assistant, bishop positions.
Referring to
the current church season of Advent, a time of anticipation of the birth of
Christ, Glasspool said, "This is my 56th Advent and I think I finally know the
meaning of the word 'wait.' " The delegates laughed. Glasspool is the church's
first openly gay priest to win election to the ranks of bishops since the
controversial elevation of the Rev. V. Gene Robinson in
2003.
On Friday, the
convention's first day, delegates elected the Rev. Canon Diane M. Jardine Bruce,
an Orange County priest, to fill the other open suffragan
position in the Los
Angeles diocese.
Today, as he
announced the vote that gave Glasspool a majority, Los Angeles Episcopal Bishop
J. Jon Bruno's voice choked with emotion. Then he joked that someone had asked
whether he could work with two women as his suffragan bishops. "I have to tell
you I was born from a mother’s womb and I’ve been taking orders from women ever
since," he said, adding, "I can assure you I can work with two
women.
After her
election, Glasspool was surrounded by supporters, both gay and straight. Several
wept as they embraced her.
Source of
article: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/religion/
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