Texas Episcopals elect Harrison as first female bishop
 

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.

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1 Timothy 3:2 says, "A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to teach:" (Bishops should be males and not females.)