Cathleen Chittenden Bascom

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The Right Reverend

Cathleen Chittenden Bascom
Bishop of Kansas
Church Episcopal Church
Diocese Kansas
ElectedOctober 19, 2018
In office2019-present
Predecessor Dean E. Wolfe
Orders
OrdinationDecember 15, 1990
by  Frank Griswold
ConsecrationMarch 2, 2019
by  Michael Curry
Personal details
Born
Cathleen Chittenden

(1962-01-27) January 27, 1962 (age 61)
Denver, Colorado, US
Denomination Anglican
ParentsBruce Eugene Chittenden & Marilyn Ward
Spouse
Timothy Paul Bascom
​
(m. 1987)​
Children2
Alma mater University of Kansas

Cathleen Chittenden Bascom (born January 27, 1962) is the tenth and current bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Kansas.

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Biography

She was raised in Denver, Colorado. She graduated from the University of Kansas in 1984 where she experienced her call to ministry. She later earned an M.Div. at Seabury-Western Theological Seminary in 1990, an M.A. in modern literature at Exeter University in 1991, a D.Min. in preaching from Iliff School of Theology in 2005, and an MFA in Creative Writing and Environment at Iowa State University in 2017.

She was ordained deacon on June 9, 1990 by Bishop William E. Smalley of Kansas, and then priest on December 15, 1990 by Bishop Frank Griswold of Chicago. She then became assistant priest at St Gregory's Church in Deerfield, Illinois. From 1993 to 2001 she served as a campus minister at Kansas State. From 2001 to 2007 she served as rector of St Stephen's Church in Newton, Iowa. She was dean of the Cathedral of St Paul in Des Moines, Iowa, from 2007 to 2014 when she became an assistant professor of religion at Waldorf University. [1] [2]

She was elected on the second ballot by the diocesan convention on October 19, 2018. The other two candidates were also women. It was the first time in the Episcopal Church that the entire slate of candidates for the election of a bishop were women. She is the first woman to serve as bishop of the diocese since its founding in 1859. [3] She was ordained bishop by Presiding Bishop Michael Curry at Grace Cathedral in Topeka on March 2, 2019. She is the first woman to serve as bishop of Kansas. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ EPISCOPAL CHURCH ANNUAL. NEW YORK: MOREHOUSE Publishing. 2020. p. 336. ISBN   978-1-64065-274-3. OCLC   1121280274.
  2. ↑ Kautz, Lydia (February 23, 2019). "First woman Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Kansas stops by Emporia church". Emporia Gazette. Retrieved 2020-07-25.
  3. ↑ lwilson (2018-10-19). "Cathleen Chittenden Bascom elected 10th bishop of the Diocese of Kansas". Episcopal News Service. Retrieved 2020-07-25.
  4. ↑ Paulsen, David (2019-03-04). "Cathleen Bascom is consecrated as 10th bishop of Kansas". Episcopal News Service. Retrieved 2020-07-25.


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