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By CNSNews.com Staff | December 31, 2020 | 4:16pm EST
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(CNSNews.com) - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D.-Calif.) announced today that she was naming Rear Admiral Margaret Grun Kibben to replace Father Pat Conroy, who is retiring, as the chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Kibben, who is a Presbyterian minister, will be the first woman to serve as the chaplain of the House.
“It is my honor to announce the appointment of Rear Admiral Margaret Grun Kibben to serve as Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives: the first woman to serve in this historic position, which has been enshrined in our Democracy since the First Congress in 1789,” Pelosi said in a statement.
Rear Adm. Margaret Grun Kibben named as first woman to serve as House chaplain
A Presbyterian minister and longtime chaplain will be the first woman to serve as House chaplain. Rear Adm. Margaret Grun Kibben preaches at Washington National Cathedral on Nov. 10, 2019. Video screengrab via Cathedral.org
December 31, 2020
(RNS) A longtime military officer and minister has been named the new chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi announced Thursday (Dec. 31).
Rear Adm. Margaret Grun Kibben will be the first woman to serve as chaplain of either chamber of Congress, according to Pelosi’s announcement. Kibben, an ordained Presbyterian Church (USA) minister, has previously serviced as the U.S. Navy’s chief chaplain and chaplain of the Marine Corps.
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will announce Thursday that she is appointing Rear Admiral Margaret Grun Kibben as the new House chaplain the first female chaplain ever for either chamber of Congress.
Pelosi called the appointment historic and thanked the bipartisan group of House members who conducted the search. Kibben brings decades of decorated experience in the military and the ministry, as a retired Rear Admiral who served as the U.S. Navy’s Chief Chaplain and the chaplain of the Marine Corps, Pelosi said in a statement. Her integrity, experience and patriotism will serve the Congress and the Country well, as she ministers to the needs of Members.