Mississippi Episcopal Diocese elects first Black woman as bishop

RIDGELAND, Miss. (WJTV) – Laypersons and clergy within the Episcopal Diocese of Mississippi gathered over the weekend for the historic election of its next bishop. After four rounds of voting on Saturday, the Rev. Dorothy Sanders Wells received a majority of votes from lay delegates and over two-thirds of the vote from the church's clergy. The bishop-elect [...]

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