The Episcopal Diocese of Maryland ordained and consecrated the Rev. Heather Elizabeth Cook as its suffragan bishop on 6th September during a service at the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer in Baltimore. For the full story please click here

Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori served as the chief consecrator.

The Right Rev. Eugene Taylor Sutton, bishop diocesan of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland said at Bishop Cook’s election, “This is a glorious day for the Diocese of Maryland as we welcome Heather Cook to the diocese, and I look forward to her joining with me in our Episcopal ministry.”