Woman among four nominees as next Episcopal top bishop: Moving forward amid threats of schism
One woman from Nevada and three southern men have been nominated to lead the Episcopal Church for a nine-year term as the badly divided denomination faces an uncertain future and threats of schism after decades of fighting.
The four bishops—J. Neil Alexander of Atlanta; Henry Parsley of Birmingham, Alabama; Edwin Gulick of Louisville, Kentucky; and Katharine Jefferts Schori of Las Vegas, Nevada—were nominated last month by a 29-member nominating committee to serve as presiding bishop.