Jennifer Brooke-Davidson

Last updated
The Right Reverend

Jennifer Brooke-Davidson
Assistant Bishop of North Carolina
Church Episcopal Church
Diocese North Carolina
ElectedAugust 16, 2022
In office2022-present
Orders
OrdinationDecember 16, 2009
by  Gary Lillibridge
ConsecrationJuly 29, 2016
by  Michael Curry
Personal details
Born
Jennifer Brooke

(1960-06-29) June 29, 1960 (age 63)
Corpus Christi, Texas, United States
Nationality American
Denomination Anglican
ParentsJohn Charles Brooke & Sherry Sigler Anderson
Spouse
Carrick Brooke-Davidson
​
​
(m. 1985)​
Children2
Previous post(s) Suffragan Bishop of West Texas (2016-2019)
Assistant Bishop of Virginia (2019-2022)

Jennifer Brooke-Davidson (born June 29, 1960) is an American prelate of the Episcopal Church who is currently the Assistant Bishop in the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina.

Contents

Early life and education

Jennifer Brooke was born on June 29, 1960, in Corpus Christi, Texas, to John Charles Brooke and Sherry Sigler Anderson. She studied at Yale University and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in history in 1982. Between 1982 and 1985 she studied at the University of Texas School of Law, from where she gained her Juris Doctor. She then spent the next 12 years practicing commercial finance law in Washington, D.C. Later she served as Director of Religious Education and Director of Formation and Evangelism in Texas. In 2007 she decided to commence training for the ordained ministry at Fuller Theological Seminary, graduating in 2009. [1]

Ordained ministry

Brooke-Davidson was ordained deacon on June 10, 2009, by Bishop David M. Reed, and then as a priest on December 16, 2009, by Bishop Gary Lillibridge at St Stephen’s Church in Wimberley, Texas. [2] She then served as assistant rector of St Stephen's Church between 2009 and 2011, after which she became vicar of St Elizabeth's Church in Buda, Texas. She retained the latter post until 2017.

Bishop

She was elected as the sixth Suffragan bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of West Texas during the 113rd annual Diocesan Council on February 25, 2017. [3] She was then consecrated on July 29, 2016, at Christ Church in San Antonio, Texas, by Presiding Bishop Michael Curry. [4] In 2019 she resigned her post as suffragan bishop after she was elected assistant bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia. She commenced her duties there on November 1, 2019. In August 2022, she was also chosen to serve as assistant bishop in the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina and completed her work in Virginia on September 22, 2022. She became the assistant bishop in North Carolina on November 1, 2022. [5] [6] [7]

She married Carrick Brooke-Davidson on August 17, 1985, and they have two children.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Episcopal Diocese of Texas</span> Diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States

The Episcopal Diocese of Texas is one of the dioceses of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. The diocese consists of all Episcopal congregations in the southeastern quartile of Texas, including the cities of Austin, Beaumont, Galveston, Houston, Waco and, as of July 2022, Fort Worth and other cities within the former diocese in North Texas.

Gayle Elizabeth Harris was ordained as Bishop Suffragan of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts in 2003, succeeding Barbara Harris. This was the first time in the Episcopal Church in the United States that a woman was succeeded as bishop by another woman.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Episcopal Diocese of Maryland</span> Diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States

The Episcopal Diocese of Maryland forms part of Province 3 of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. Having been divided twice, it no longer includes all of Maryland and now consists of the central, northern, and western Maryland counties of Allegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Frederick, Garrett, Harford, Howard, and Washington, as well as the independent city of Baltimore.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina</span> Diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States

The Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina is a diocese of the Episcopal Church within Province IV that encompasses central North Carolina. Founded in 1817, the modern boundaries of the diocese roughly correspond to the portion of North Carolina between I-77 in the west and I-95 in the east, including the most populous area of the state. Raleigh, Charlotte, Winston-Salem, Greensboro, and Durham are the largest cities in the diocese. The diocese originally covered the entirety of the state, until the Diocese of East Carolina which stretches to the Atlantic was formed in 1883, and the Diocese of Western North Carolina which lies to the west extending into the Appalachian Mountains was formed in 1922.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Episcopal Diocese of West Missouri</span> Diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States

The Diocese of West Missouri is a diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America and a member of Province VII. It has jurisdiction over sixty counties in western Missouri running from the cities Fairfax in the north to Branson in the south and from Kansas City in the west to Fayette in the east. Its Cathedral and diocesan offices are located in downtown Kansas City. As of 2020 the diocese was made up of 47 parishes and congregations divided into 3 deaneries.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ordination of women in the Anglican Communion</span> Women becoming Anglican clergy

The ordination of women in the Anglican Communion has been increasingly common in certain provinces since the 1970s. Several provinces, however, and certain dioceses within otherwise ordaining provinces, continue to ordain only men. Disputes over the ordination of women have contributed to the establishment and growth of progressive tendencies, such as the Anglican realignment and Continuing Anglican movements.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Scott Bailey (bishop)</span> American Episcopalian bishop

Scott Field Bailey was the 6th diocesan bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of West Texas in the Episcopal Church.

Carol Joy Walkingstick Theobald Gallagher is an American author and a bishop in The Episcopal Church.

Diane M. Jardine Bruce is the Bishop Provisional of the Episcopal Diocese of West Missouri. She previously served as the seventh bishop suffragan of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles.

Anne Elliott Hodges-Copple is sixth and current Suffragan Bishop of North Carolina.

Dena A. Harrison is an American prelate of the Episcopal Church who served as suffragan bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Texas between 2006 and 2019.

Rayford B. High Jr. is a bishop of the Episcopal Church. He served as suffragan bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Texas and then as provisional bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth from November, 2012 through June, 2015. He currently serves as an assisting bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of West Texas.

Robert Boyd Hibbs was suffragan bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of West Texas between 1995 and 2003.

David Mitchell Reed is the current diocesan bishop, and formerly suffragan bishop, of the Episcopal Diocese of West Texas.

Jeff Wright Fisher is an American bishop of the Episcopal Church. He is the current suffragan bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Texas.

John Clark Buchanan was an American bishop. He was the sixth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of West Missouri.

Michael Buerkel Hunn is an American prelate of the Episcopal Church who currently serves as the Bishop of the Rio Grande.

Kathryn McCrossen Ryan is an American bishop of the Episcopal Church. She is currently suffragan bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Texas.

David C. Bryan is an American bishop of the Anglican Church in North America. Consecrated to serve in PEARUSA, the Anglican Church of Rwanda's missionary district in North America, Bryan has since 2016 been bishop suffragan and area bishop for South Carolina in the Diocese of the Carolinas.

References

  1. ↑ "The Rev. Jennifer Brooke-Davidson" (PDF). Council. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  2. ↑ "The Rt Revd Jennifer Brooke-Davidson". World Anglican. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
  3. ↑ "Jennifer Brooke-Davidson elected bishop suffragan of Diocese of West Texas". Episcopal News Service. 2017-02-27. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  4. ↑ name=ENS_2016>Shaver, Laura (July 31, 2017). "Jennifer Brooke-Davidson consecrated bishop suffragan of the Diocese of West Texas". Episcopal News Service.
  5. ↑ "Diocese of North Carolina to Welcome the Rt. Rev. Jennifer Brooke-Davidson as Assistant Bishop". Diocese of North Carolina. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  6. ↑ "Virginia Assistant Bishop Jennifer Brooke-Davidson accepts new call in North Carolina". Episcopal News Service. 2022-08-19. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  7. ↑ "Bishop Goff Announces Appointment of Assistant Bishop". Diocese of Virginia. Retrieved 2022-10-19.


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.