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Katharine Jefferts Schori

1954 - Today

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Katharine Jefferts Schori (born March 26, 1954) is the former Presiding Bishop and Primate of the Episcopal Church of the United States. Previously elected as the 9th Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Nevada, she was the first woman elected as a primate in the Anglican Communion. Jefferts Schori was elected at the 75th General Convention on June 18, 2006, and invested at Washington National Cathedral on November 4, 2006, and continued until November 1, 2015, when Michael Bruce Curry was invested in the position. She took part in her first General Convention of the Episcopal Church as Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church in July 2009. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Katharine Jefferts Schori is the 3,036th most popular religious figure (up from 3,050th in 2019), the 11,961st most popular biography from United States (up from 13,246th in 2019) and the 111th most popular American Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Katharine Jefferts Schori ranks 3,036 out of 3,187. Before her are Peter Hollingworth, Abdul Rahman, Ricardo Vidal, John Shelby Spong, Gintaras Grušas, and Richard Cushing. After her are Antonio Napolioni, Hilarion Kapral, Wulfstan, J. I. Packer, José Horacio Gómez, and Terence Cooke.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Katharine Jefferts Schori ranks 582. Before her are Mike Kelley, Caroline Cossey, Christine Scheiblich, Maria Ștefan, Yuli Tamir, and Zoltán Sztanity. After her are Kevin Warwick, Renate Dorrestein, Barbara Prammer, Alan Hollinghurst, Eugenio Leal, and Dan Butler.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Katharine Jefferts Schori ranks 11,963 out of 20,380. Before her are Juice Newton (1952), Earl Hooker (1930), Rockwell (1964), Balthazar Getty (1975), Duane Swanson (1913), and Félix Sánchez (1977). After her are George B. Seitz (1888), Scott Cawthon (1971), Robert L. Gibson (1946), Lowell Sherman (1888), Glenn Greenwald (1967), and Karen Silkwood (1946).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United States

Among religious figures born in United States, Katharine Jefferts Schori ranks 111. Before her are David Miscavige (1960), Ezra Taft Benson (1899), Peter the Aleut (1800), John Shelby Spong (1931), Gintaras Grušas (1961), and Richard Cushing (1895). After her are Terence Cooke (1921), John Hagee (1940), Scott Hahn (1957), Joseph Bernardin (1928), Alphonse Lacroix (1897), and Patrick Joseph Hayes (1867).

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