Jane Dixon


Jane Holmes Dixon
Suffragan Bishop of Washington
ChurchEpiscopal Church
DioceseWashington
In office1992–2002
PredecessorRonald H. Haines
SuccessorJohn Bryson Chane
Orders
Ordination1982
by John T. Walker
ConsecrationNovember 19, 1992
by Edmond L. Browning
Personal details
Born
Jane Hart Holmes

July 24, 1937
DiedDecember 25, 2012(2012-12-25) (aged 75)
Washington, DC, United States
DenominationAnglican
SpouseDavid "Dixie" Dixon, Sr.
ChildrenDavid Dixon, Jr., Edward Dixon, and Mary Dixon Raibman
Alma materVanderbilt University
Virginia Theological Seminary

Jane Holmes Dixon (born Jane Hart Holmes; July 24, 1937 – December 25, 2012) was an American bishop of the Episcopal Church. She was a suffragan bishop in the Episcopal Diocese of Washington and served as Bishop of Washington pro tempore from 2001 to June 2002.[1] She was the second woman consecrated as a bishop in the Episcopal Church.[2] She died unexpectedly in her sleep in her home in the Cathedral Heights section of Washington, DC on Christmas Day morning in 2012.[3]

  1. ^ Broadway C8.
  2. ^ Hein 143.
  3. ^ "Death of Bishop Jane Holmes Dixon". Edow.org. Archived from the original on 2013-05-28. Retrieved 2012-12-27.