Jan 22, 2025 · Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde Episcopal Church House Mount St. Alban Washington, D.C. 20016. Dear Bishop Budde: At the January 21 prayer service at Washington National Cathedral that featured President Trump, you mentioned that “people in …

Mariann Edgar Budde serves as spiritual leader for 86 Episcopal congregations and ten Episcopal schools in the District of Columbia and four Maryland counties.

Mariann Edgar Budde (/ ˈ b ʌ d i /; née Edgar; born 1959) is an American Episcopal prelate who has served as Bishop of Washington since 2011. She is the diocese's first female bishop. Budde was ordained as a deacon in 1988 and as a priest in 1989.

Jan 24, 2025 · Budde, 65, is the first woman to lead the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, a position she has held since 2011. She oversees 86 churches across Washington, D.C., and Maryland, with 38,000 members. National spokespeople for the Episcopal Church called Budde “a valued and trusted pastor.”

Jan 21, 2025 · "The Rt. Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde was elected in 2011 by clergy and lay leaders of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington to serve as their 9th bishop," the spokesperson said in a statement.

Mariann Edgar Budde serves as spiritual leader for 88 Episcopal congregations and 10 Episcopal schools in the District of Columbia and four Maryland counties. The first woman elected to this position, she also serves as the chair and president of the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation, which oversees the ministries of the Washington ...

Jan 22, 2025 · Washington Bishop Mariann Budde issued a final plea directly to President Donald Trump as he sat in the front row, a moment that would generate national headlines and intense reactions, both positive and negative. Her calm plea to the president: “Have mercy.”

Feb 5, 2025 · At the recent Inaugural Prayer Service at the Washington National Cathedral, Bishop Mariann Budde’s remarks carried a profound resonance, both for the moment they were delivered and for the ongoing work of justice and reconciliation.

Jan 21, 2025 · Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde arrives as President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance look on during the Service of Prayer for the Nation Prayer Service at Washington National Cathedral on ...

Jan 21, 2025 · Bishop Budde, 65, is the first woman to serve as the spiritual leader of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, and she has led the diocese since 2011. Before moving to Washington, she spent...