Gayle Harris

The Right Reverend

Gayle Harris
Suffragan Bishop of Massachusetts
ChurchEpiscopal Church
DioceseMassachusetts
ElectedJune 1, 2002
In office2003–2022
PredecessorBarbara Harris
Orders
OrdinationJune 1982
by John Shelby Spong
ConsecrationJanuary 18, 2003
by Arthur Benjamin Williams Jr.
Personal details
Born (1951-02-12) February 12, 1951 (age 73)
DenominationAnglican

Gayle Elizabeth Harris (born February 12, 1951)[1] was ordained as Bishop Suffragan of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts in 2003, succeeding Barbara Harris (no relation). This was the first time in the Episcopal Church in the United States that a woman was succeeded as bishop by another woman.

  1. ^ Episcopal Clerical Directory 2013 (2013). New York: Church Publishing Inc. ISBN 978-0-89869-888-6, p. 405.