Jane Holmes Dixon | |
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Suffragan Bishop of Washington | |
Church | Episcopal Church |
Diocese | Washington |
In office | 1992–2002 |
Predecessor | Ronald H. Haines |
Successor | John Bryson Chane |
Orders | |
Ordination | 1982 by John T. Walker |
Consecration | November 19, 1992 by Edmond L. Browning |
Personal details | |
Born | Jane Hart Holmes July 24, 1937 |
Died | December 25, 2012 Washington, DC, United States | (aged 75)
Denomination | Anglican |
Spouse | David "Dixie" Dixon, Sr. |
Children | David Dixon, Jr., Edward Dixon, and Mary Dixon Raibman |
Alma mater | Vanderbilt 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]