Thanks to Suffragan Bishop-Elect Dena Harrison
SPCK/USA is grateful to Suffragan Bishop-Elect Dena Harrison, Diocese of Texas, for inquiring about sharing a part of her theological library with the Adopt-A-Seminary program. Harrison, 59, won election on a third ballot, winning the majority vote from clergy and lay delegates to a specially called diocesan council at Christ Church Cathedral. She is the first female bishop since the diocese was established in 1849.Â
She will serve with diocesan Bishop Don A. Wimberly, Bishop Suffragan Rayford B. High Jr. and Assistant Bishop John C. Buchanan.
A bishop suffragan acts as an assistant to and under the direction of the diocesan bishop, and serves as a bishop for the whole church. Harrison will oversee pastoral and congregational development for the 64 Episcopal congregations in the Austin region.
Harrison was born and raised in Texas. She received the master of divinity degree from the Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest in 1987. She was ordained to the diaconate later that year and was made a priest in early 1988. She served three parishes in Texas before becoming canon to the ordinary in the Diocese of Texas in 2000. Harrison took her present position in 2003.
She will serve with diocesan Bishop Don A. Wimberly, Bishop Suffragan Rayford B. High Jr. and Assistant Bishop John C. Buchanan.
A bishop suffragan acts as an assistant to and under the direction of the diocesan bishop, and serves as a bishop for the whole church. Harrison will oversee pastoral and congregational development for the 64 Episcopal congregations in the Austin region.
Harrison was born and raised in Texas. She received the master of divinity degree from the Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest in 1987. She was ordained to the diaconate later that year and was made a priest in early 1988. She served three parishes in Texas before becoming canon to the ordinary in the Diocese of Texas in 2000. Harrison took her present position in 2003.
We look forward to receiving books from her theological library and distributing them to seminaries and Bible colleges around the world.