Credentials for Dixon Consecration
Episcopal News Service. September 16, 1992 [92195F]
Journalists who plan to cover the consecration of the Rev. Jane Holmes Dixon as suffragan bishop of Washington at 7:30 p.m. on November 19 are urged to contact Nancy Montgomery at the diocese, telephone (202) 232-6696.
Dixon will hold a press conference that morning at 10:30 and will be available briefly for additional questions until noon. Individual interviews may be scheduled after the consecration by calling Lisa Dressier at (202) 537-6536 or Frances Antonucci Beard at (202) 537-6560.
Details of the service itself are not yet available, but Verna Dozier, Bible teacher and a mentor for the bishop-elect, will preach. Bishop Barbara Harris of Massachusetts, first woman bishop in the Anglican Communion, and Bishop Penelope Jamieson of New Zealand, the first woman to serve as diocesan bishop, will participate in the service. It will be the first time all the world's women Anglican bishops will be together.