Katharine Jefferts Schori

American bishop

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Katharine Jefferts Schori (born March 26, 1954, Pensacola, Florida, U.S.) is an American prelate who was the first female presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America (2006–15). Jefferts was raised as a Roman Catholic and was educated by nuns at a convent school until her parents began attending Episcopal services when she was nine. She earned a bachelor’s degree (1974) in biology from Stanford University and a master’s (1977) and...