Posted on: December 5, 2009
On Saturday the Rev. Canon Mary Douglas Glasspool became the second woman elected as a suffragan bishop for the Diocese of Los Angeles. Pending consents by a majority of bishops and standing committees, she could become the second bishop of the Episcopal Church who is open about living in a same-sex partnership.
Delegates took seven ballots to elect Canon Glasspool, beginning with three ballots on Friday. The bishop-elect, canon to the bishops of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland since 2006, led from the first ballot, but there was also growing support for the Rev. Irineo Martir Vasquez, vicar, St. George's Church, Hawthorne, Calif.
Fr. Vasquez peaked on the fifth ballot, when he had won a majority in the lay order but still trailed among clergy.
Canon Glasspool completed a bachelor of arts degree at Dickinson College in 1976 and a master of divinity at Episcopal Divinity School in 1981.
She has served as rector of St. Margaret’s Church, Annapolis, Md., 1992-2001; rector, St. Luke’s and St. Margaret’s Church, Allston, Mass., 1984-92; and assistant, St. Paul’s Church, Philadelphia, 1981-84.
Other nominees were:
• The Rev. Zelda M. Kennedy, senior associate for pastoral care and spiritual growth, All Saints’ Church, Pasadena, Calif.
• The Rev. John L. Kirkley, rector, St. John the Evangelist Church, San Francisco. Fr. Kirkley withdrew from the slate after the second ballot.
• The Rev. Silvestre E. Romero, rector, St Philip’s Church, San Jose, Calif. Fr. Romero withdrew after the third ballot.
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