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Dorothy Sanders Wells is the eleventh and current bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Mississippi, elected in February 2024 to succeed Brian R. Seage. She was consecrated on July 20, 2024. She is both the first woman and the first African-American to head the diocese. [1] Wells is originally from Mobile, Alabama.
Rev. Dorothy Sanders Wells, a native of Mobile, Ala., sits on a stage at St. Andrew’s Episcopal School campus in Ridgeland, Miss., Friday, July 19, 2024, before being formally installed Saturday ...
Dorothy Sanders Wells took over her new job as Episcopal bishop on May 1 and has been visiting churches across the state to listen to their needs. New MS bishop speaks out on women's role in ...
The new bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Mississippi is being formally installed Saturday, and she is first woman and first Black person to hold the post. The Rev. Dorothy Sanders Wells was ...
The Right Reverend Doctor Dorothy Sanders Wells was elected as the eleventh bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Mississippi on February 3, 2024. Wells served as bishop-elect from May 2, 2024, until her ordination and consecration as bishop diocesan on July 20, 2024.
The following is a list of bishops who currently lead dioceses of the Episcopal Church in the United States and its territories. Also included in the list are suffragan bishops , provisional bishops , coadjutor bishops , and assistant bishops .
The new Episcopal bishop replaces Brian Seage, who led the diocese through the COVID-19 pandemic and Jackson water crisis. MS selects new Episcopal bishop in historic election. See who
William Evan Sanders: 503 534 532: 1962 VIII Tennessee, I East Tennessee: 587 James Montgomery: 503 500 492: 1962 IX Chicago [N 38] 588 Albert A. Chambers: 503 472 450: 1962 VII Springfield: 589 Theodore H. McCrea: 503 458 500: 1962 Dallas (Suffragan) 590 John Burgess: 503 526 446: 1962 XII Massachusetts: 591 Edward G. Longid: 503 516 533: 1963