The Right Reverend Mariann Edgar Budde |
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Bishop of Washington | |
Church | The Episcopal Church |
Province | Province III (Middle Atlantic) |
Diocese | Washington |
Installed | 2011 |
Predecessor | John Bryson Chane |
Successor | incumbent |
Orders | |
Ordination | 28 May 1988 (deacon) 4 March 1989 (priest) |
Consecration | 12 November 2011 by Katharine Jefferts Schori, 26th Presiding Bishop |
Personal details | |
Born |
New Jersey |
December 10, 1959
Spouse | Paul Budde |
Children | Amos Budde and Patrick Budde |
Alma mater |
University of Rochester Virginia Theological Seminary |
Mariann Edgar Budde (born December 10, 1959) is the diocesan bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington. She was consecrated as the ninth Bishop of Washington in the Washington National Cathedral on November 12, 2011. Prior to her election as Washington’s first female diocesan bishop, she served for 18 years as the rector of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Budde completed her undergraduate work at the University of Rochester, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in history magna cum laude in 1982. She received her Master of Divinity and Doctor of Ministry degrees from the Virginia Theological Seminary. In May 2012, she was also awarded an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from the same seminary.
Budde is the author of Gathering up the Fragments: Preaching as Spiritual Practice.