Each day during March, we celebrate the contributions 31 women have made and recognize their specific achievement as bishop in the Episcopal Church.
Today we celebrate Bishop Carlye J. Hughes of the Diocese of Newark
When Bishop Carlye J. Hughes was consecrated on September 22, 2018 she became the first female and first African-American bishop in the diocese. “A life-long Episcopalian, Hughes was born Tulsa, Oklahoma and raised in Ft. Worth, Texas . . . For 20 years she made her home in New York City, while pursuing a career in Human Resources as a corporate trainer, mostly in the hotel industry.”
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“All bishops of the Episcopal Church, active or retired, make up the House of Bishops. Like the governing body of the United States, the governing body of the Episcopal Church (called “the General Convention”) is comprised of two Houses: the House of Bishops and the House of Deputies. They meet and act separately, and both Houses must concur to adopt legislation. General Convention meets every three years, and the House of Bishops meets twice a year between conventions in a non-legislative capacity. The Presiding Bishop is the president of the House of Bishops.”
Source: https://www.episcopalchurch.org/who-we-are/church-governance/house-of-bishops/; https://dioceseofnewark.org/staff/carlye-hughes; https://www.episcopalnewsservice.org/2018/05/21/carlye-j-hughes-elected-diocese-of-newarks-11th-bishop/