A lesbian priest was elected an Episcopal bishop Saturday at the Los Angeles diocese’s annual convention in Riverside, putting her on track to become only the second openly lesbian or gay bishop in the centuries-old denomination’s history.
The Rev. Canon Mary Douglas Glasspool, currently an adviser to the bishops of the Diocese of Maryland, was chosen for one of two assistant-bishop vacancies in the Diocese of Los Angeles, which includes San Bernardino County and part of Riverside County.
She is the first openly lesbian or gay bishop chosen since the 2003 election of V. Gene Robinson as bishop of the New Hampshire diocese led dozens of conservative parishes and four dioceses to vote to leave the Episcopal Church. It also provoked condemnation from some of the other churches in the worldwide Anglican Communion, of which the 2.1-million-member Episcopal Church is a part.
Wow–the article includes what may become an iconic photo of Glaspool with bishop Bruno.
For more than a decade, I used to receive the Press-Enterprise on my doorstep.