What is Katharine Jefferts Schori?
[[File:Katharine Jefferts Schori.jpg|right|200px]] '''Katharine Jefferts Schori''' (born March 26, 1954) is the former [[Presiding Bishop#The Episcopal Church|Presiding Bishop]] and [[Primates in the Anglican Communion|Primate]] of the [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopal Church]] of the [[United States]]. She was the 9th Bishop of the [[Episcopal Diocese of Nevada]]. She was the first woman elected as a [[primate (bishop)|primate]] in the [[Anglican Communion]]. Jefferts Schori was elected at the 75th General Convention on June 18, 2006. She retired on November 1, 2015. She took part in her first [[General Convention of the Episcopal Church]] as [[List of presiding bishops of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America|Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church]] in July 2009. Jefferts Schori was born in [[Pensacola, Florida]].<ref>[http://www.episcopalchurch.org/78694_ENG_HTM.htm Presiding Bishop: Biography] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110702191422/http://www.episcopalchurch.org/78694_ENG_HTM.htm |date=2011-07-02 }}. Episcopalchurch.org (2001-02-24). Retrieved on 2010-11-25.</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Jefferts Schori, Katharine}} [[Category:1954 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Presiding Bishops of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America]] [[Category:People from Oregon]] [[Category:People from Pensacola, Florida]] {{US-bio-stub}}