The highest stained glass ceiling

The Episcopal Church has many women bishops. The first one elected was Barbara Harris in Massachusetts in 1989
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Clementine_Harris

Right... that should have said, they're the first female bishops in the Los Angeles diocese. And they're both welcome additions!

Right... that should have said, they're the first female bishops in the Los Angeles diocese. And they're both welcome additions!

Indeed, the Episcopal Church currently has a female Presiding Bishop, or head of the entire denomination.

The Los Angeles Diocese of the Episcopal Church is indeed 114 years old. The Episcopal Church of the United States dates back to the American Revolution.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Episcopal_Church#Independence_from_Britain_and_the_Early_Years_of_the_Autonomous_Church_.281775.E2.80.931800.29

Great segment -- what strong and articulate voices for a church moving forward rather than looking badkwards! Bravo/a!

I have just written a book, Adventures of Faith: On Learning to Walk on Water, which describes the awareness that dawned on me after doing a story on the Motilone/Bari indigenous people who mostly live in longhouses in No. Colombia on the Venezuelan border. After spending almost a week observing their communal life, I asked Bruce Olson, an American who had lived amongst them for almost 30 years, about their homosexual population. He insisted that in this tribe of 3,000 there were none. That seemed strange to me until I stumbled on English writer Deborah Cadbury's "The Feminization of Nature" in which she posits that the enormous amount of DDT, estrogen and other pollutants dumped into our environment have not only reduced the testerone level among humans, but genetic alterations have been happening all across the spectrum of species. The Motilones who have had virtually no contact with the polluting civilized world are spared much of this deteriorization of their hormonal balance. And thus I declared in this book that to criticize or condemn folk for being homosexual is bordering on the obscene. If our polluting and careless society produces these homosexuals, then we must afford them the full benefits of participating in the society at whatever level they choose and instead of calling them sinners we must plead for forgiveness for our complacency in allowing our world to be destroyed in exchange for a few pieces of silver.

Note to KPCC: Those look like Roman bishops in the picture -- not Anglicans

What a great interview! I am thrilled that KPCC decided to interview our Diocesan Bishop as well as the Two New Bishops-Elect.

Look below the surface, and we'll find the person of God...great interview, and hope we all can move forward.

Yeah those are Roman Catholic colarlies.
Anglicans go around in purple.
gotta love the purple =]

It's interesting that the story is about new female bishops, the picture shows only male Catholic bishops.

You are wrong when you say," If confirmed, they would be the first female bishops in the 114-year history of the Episcopal Church."

The Episcopal Church has had female bishops for many years. Please get your facts straight.

As a retired priest in the Anglican Church of Aoteroa/New Zealand, I am thrilled at the selection of bishops-elect Bruce and Glasspool to Suffragan Bshoprics if the TEC Diocese of Los Angeles.

Lambeth 110 affirmed the place of LGBT persons within the family of the Anglican Communion. The Archbsihop of Canterbury's reluctance to affirm the decision of the Diocese of Los Angeles is based purely on Lambeth's advice tio Anglican Churches around the world to hold-off on the ordination of gay or Lesbian-orientated bishops - until every Province agrees on their position.

This, however, is not canonically binding upon every Province of the Communion, and as a Province with it's own canons and polity, TEC is capable of ordaining whom they please.

As an Anglican priest in another Province, I am entirely in agreement with this decision - which I believe to be the work of the Holy Spirit in the Anglican Communion. Thank God for TEC's prophetic ministry.

Women and Gays are children of God - not creatures from another planet.

Why does this article have, accompanying it, a photo
of Roman Catholic bishops with the flags of France and
the European Union, receiving other RC clerics in the
portico of a European building? The article is about
Episcopalians,so why not show American, Episcopalian
bishops? Or have journalists become too stupid and too
ignorant to know the difference?

This is all about making a political provocative statement. They arrogantly rebuff the concerns of ABp Williams and tell the conservatives left in the denomination that they are to hit the door. All about inclusivity? They reject the Latino candidate and choose two radical liberals...as if the denomination isn't awash with them. It will only speed the already rapid demise.

Another tragic event in the ever shrinking Episcopal Organization. I am a priest who serves in a TEC Diocese wanting out of this bankrupt expression of what was once a proud part of Christendom.

In regard to the statements that few took time to object; we don't take time any longer as Bishop Bruno is a hypocrite and not a defender of the faith as he was charged.

When voting began, we were told to "vote our hearts" -- to vote for the person we thought best suited, best poised to serve our diocese. After Diane Bruce was elected, we were advised to "keep in mind the person we just elected, and vote for the candidate with the most complimentary skill-set." For five ballots, we were prayerfully advised to vote for skills. As one delegate put it, "vote for a what, not a who." For five ballots, the divide in the orders grew, no candidate showed a lead. I find it very telling that on the 6th ballot, we were told to "vote our hearts." We were again advised to look inward, listen for the direction the holy spirit is moving, vote for the candidate who represents that motion. That seems to have made all the difference. The votes changed dramatically and on the 7th ballot it was done. Isn't it awesome to feel the Spirit moving?

Is the Episcopal Church still considered a mainline Christian denomination?