The Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul in the City and Diocese of Washington, commonly known as Washington National Cathedral or National Cathedral, is a cathedral of the Episcopal Church. The cathedral is located in Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States. The structure is of Neo-Gothic design closely modeled on English Gothic style of the late fourteenth century. It is the second-largest church building in the United States, and the third-tallest building in Washington, D.C. The cathedral is the seat of both the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church and the bishop of the Diocese of Washington. Over 270,000 people visit the structure annually.
William Meade was an American Episcopal bishop, the third Bishop of Virginia.
Nathan Dwight Baxter is the 10th bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Central Pennsylvania and the 1,010 in succession in the Episcopal Church. He was elected as bishop coadjutor on July 22, 2006, and consecrated on October 22, 2006. Baxter's friend Archbishop Desmond Tutu preached the sermon.
Samuel T. Lloyd III was a priest of the Episcopal Church in the United States who served as the ninth Dean of the Washington National Cathedral, having been installed there on April 23, 2005, and serving until September 18, 2011. Before his tenure as dean, he had been the rector of Trinity Church in Boston, Massachusetts, one of the largest Episcopal congregations in the United States. He returned to Trinity after leaving the National Cathedral. Earlier in his ministry he had been chaplain of the University of the South and rector of the Church of St. Paul and the Redeemer in Chicago, Illinois. He retired as rector of Trinity Church in June 2017.
Robert Andrew Willis, KStJ DL was an English Anglican priest, theologian, chaplain and hymn writer.
Thomas John Claggett was the first bishop of the newly formed American Episcopal Church to be consecrated on American soil and the first bishop of the recently established (1780) Diocese of Maryland.
Since 1937, the United States presidential inauguration has included one or more prayers given by members of the clergy. Since 1933 an associated prayer service either public or private attended by the president-elect has often taken place on the morning of the day. At times a major public or broadcast prayer service takes place after the main ceremony most recently on the next day.
William Holland Wilmer was an Episcopal priest, teacher and writer in Maryland and Virginia who served briefly as the eleventh president of the College of William and Mary.
Peter James Lee was an American bishop of the Episcopal Church.
William Loyall Gravatt became the second Bishop of West Virginia in the Episcopal Church in the United States, after serving as coadjutor to Bishop George William Peterkin.
Robert Atkinson Gibson was the sixth Episcopal bishop of Virginia.
St. James's Episcopal Church is the third oldest Episcopal congregation in Richmond, Virginia. Only the older St. John's Episcopal Church on Church Hill also remains an active congregation.
Herman "Holly" Hollerith IV was the tenth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Southern Virginia, serving from 2009 until 2018.
Peter David Eaton is the fourth and current bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Southeast Florida.
Claude Charles Vaché was an American prelate of The Episcopal Church, who served as the seventh Bishop of Southern Virginia.
Dean Elliott Wolfe, D.D. is an Episcopal bishop currently serving as the thirteenth rector of the historic St. Bartholomew's Church in New York City since January 2017. Previously, he served as the ninth Bishop of Kansas between 2004 and 2017. With a career spanning over four decades, Wolfe has held various significant roles within The Episcopal Church, providing spiritual leadership, pastoral care, and engaging in extensive administrative and outreach activities.
Jennifer Gaines McKenzie is an American Anglican priest. She served as the Archdeacon of Wigan and West Lancashire in the Diocese of Liverpool, Church of England, 2015–2021; and had previously been a priest in the Diocese of Washington and the Diocese of Virginia in the Episcopal Church.
Kelly Brown Douglas is an African-American Episcopal priest, womanist theologian, and interim president of Episcopal Divinity School. She was previously the inaugural Dean of the Episcopal Divinity School at Union Theological Seminary. She became interim president when EDS departed from Union in 2023. She is also the Canon Theologian at the Washington National Cathedral. She has written seven books, including The Black Christ (1994), Black Bodies and Black Church: A Blues Slant (2012), Stand Your Ground: Black Bodies and the Justice of God (2015), and Resurrection Hope: A Future Where Black Lives Matter (2021). Her book Sexuality in the Black Church: A Womanist Perspective (1999) was groundbreaking for openly addressing homophobia within the black church.
Susan Bunton Haynes is the 11th bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Southern Virginia, the first female bishop of the diocese.
Edward Randolph Welles II was the fourth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of West Missouri, serving from 1950 to 1972.
