RELIGIOUS FIGURE

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 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Katharine Jefferts Schori is the 3,046th most popular religious figure (down from 3,043rd in 2024), the 11,975th most popular biography from United States (up from 13,242nd in 2019) and the 112th most popular American Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Katharine Jefferts Schori ranks 3,048 out of 3,187. Before her are Ravi Zacharias, Peter Hollingworth, Abdul Rahman, Ricardo Vidal, John Shelby Spong, Gintaras Grušas, Dávid Bartimej Tencer, and Richard Cushing. After her are Antonio Napolioni, Hilarion Kapral, Wulfstan, and J. I. Packer.

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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 11,980 out of 20,380. Before her are Ethel Clayton (1882), Candi Staton (1940), Merle Travis (1917), 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), and Robert L. Gibson (1946).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United States

Among religious figures born in United States, Katharine Jefferts Schori ranks 112. 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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