Texas Episcopals elect Harrison as first female bishop
She will oversee 64 congregations in the diocese's Austin-Waco region
By RICHARD VARA
Houston Chronicle
April 29, 2006

The Episcopal Diocese of Texas elected its first female bishop Saturday when the Rev. Dena Harrison defeated three other candidates for the office of bishop suffragan.

Harrison, 59, won election on a third ballot, winning the majority vote from clergy and lay delegates to a specially called diocesan council at Christ Church Cathedral. She is the first female bishop since the diocese was established in 1849. the rest

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