HomeMy WebLinkAbout2023 20th Anniversary of the Consecration of The Rt. Rev. Gayle Elizabeth Harris as Bishop Proclamation i, '' , ,�o
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Whereas: Gay�e E�iza��th Harr.is,a native of Cleve�and,ah�o,stud�ed at the Lewi�&Clark College and then at
the Churc�Divi.nity S�h.00l of the Pacifc,f.rom where s.h�earned a Mas�er af L7iv�nity;and
Wher�as. The R�.Rev.Gayle Harr�s was awarded ar�honorary Doctor of Divi�ity by th�Chur�h Divinity
School of�he Pacific in 20Q2,and an honorary Doctor af Hur�anifiy from the New England Law
Bo�ton;and
�ereus: The Rt.Rev,�ayle Harris,orda.�n�d as a�eacan in Februar}r 1�81 and a,.s a priest in June 19�2,has
fa�thfu�iy served comm.uniti�s in Jersey City,Nev�r Jersey;�ashing�o�x,D.�.;Roches�er,New�ork;
an�Easter.n,N�assachusetts;and
Whe�re�s: The Rti.Rev.�ayle Harris was elec�ed Bishag Suffragan nf the Episcopa�Diocese of Massachusetts
an June 1 s�ZUQ2 an�cansecrated Bishop lanuary�8,2�Q3 a�Trinity Church in the C��af Bostan;
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Whereas: T`he R�.Rev.Gayle Harri�a �1�h wvman Bishop in the�p�scopal�hurch, �ucceed�d the�'tt,Rev,
Barbara C.Harris,the first womaa�Bish�p in the Anglican�€�rn�munion,making i�the f�rs�t�me a
waman bisho�succee�ed a�o�nan bi�h�p in of�ce;and
Whereas; Tlie R�.Rev.Gayle Harris,nov�r resi�ent of.Lexing�an,Massachuse�s,has ser��d the past t�rent�r
yea.�s as Bishap Suf�agan of�he Diocese vf 11�iassachu�etts;raYsing leaders far the church and world;
tire��ss�y�rork�ng�o bui�d be�oved community,and�eadin,�the church in loca�,na�ianal,and
in�ernationa�capacities for�he goad�f al�;and
Whe�er�s: The R�.R�v.Gayle Harris,has�ed a life fo��.ov�ing the wi�ness�f Jesus of Na.�are#h and his way of
love.
�a�; ����.��a��, �E, TH�S`L�'�E�'�'BaA��3 of the Town of Lexington,Massac.hu��t�s,da hereby
recvgnize .
The .��. �ev. Ga,��'e��i.�abe�l� �a��is
for her rnany years of serWice to the communi�y and�a a1�v�hose�ives she has touched.
I,N�Y�T��'S�S�"'"f��'�C1�',we have set our hands a.nd caused�he seal af I�exingtan�o be a€fixed herewi�h on
the i 8th da�of January 2a23.
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