INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The Episcopal Church has elected the first black woman to lead one of its dioceses.
The Rev. Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows was elected Friday to head the Diocese of Indianapolis. The 1.8 million-member church has never before chosen a black woman as head of a diocese.
Baskerville-Burrows is currently the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago's director of networking. She will succeed Bishop Catherine M. Waynick, who is retiring.
