Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows

The Right Reverend Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows
Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Indianapolis
Church	Episcopal Church (United States)
Diocese	Diocese of Indianapolis
In office	April 30, 2017
Predecessor	Catherine Waynick
Other posts	Director of Networking of the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago (January 2012-October 2016)
Orders
Ordination	June 11, 1997 (deacon) February 7, 1998 (priest) by David B. Joslin
Consecration	April 29, 2017 by Michael Bruce Curry
Personal details
Birth name	Jennifer Lynn Baskerville
Born	New York, United States
Nationality	American
Denomination	Anglicanism
Spouse	Harrison Burrows (m. 2003)
Children	One
Alma mater	Smith College Cornell University Church Divinity School of the Pacific

Jennifer Lynn Baskerville-Burrows is an American Anglican bishop in the Episcopal Church. In October 2016, she was elected bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Indianapolis, and she was consecrated on April 29, 2017. She is the first African-American woman to be elected a diocesan bishop. Prior to her consecration, she served as Director of Networking in the Diocese of Chicago. Previously, she was a priest in the Episcopal Diocese of Central New York, the Episcopal Diocese of Newark, and the Episcopal Diocese of California. In addition to her parish ministry, she has been Director of Alumni and Church Relations at Church Divinity School of the Pacific and a chaplain to Syracuse University.

Baskerville-Burrows was born and brought up in New York City. She was educated Smith College, majoring in architecture with a minor in urban studies, and graduated in May 1988. In 1989, she was baptised in the Episcopal Church (United States) having spent her childhood and early adult years "seeking and longing for church community". She then studied Historic Preservation Planning at Cornell University, graduating with a Master of Arts (MA) degree in May 1994. She trained for ordained ministry at Church Divinity School of the Pacific, a seminary of the Episcopal Church, graduating with a Master of Divinity (MDiv) degree in May 1997.