Diane Bruce

Diane Bruce was consecrated bishop suffragan in the Diocese Los Angeles May 15, 2010.
Bruce, 53, told the May 14 media conference that she anticipated the moment her stepmother would place the miter on her head as a "very emotional one ... because I lost my father on Maundy Thursday (April

1)." The miter, she explained, is a gift from her father and his wife.
A popular preacher and well-known priest, Bruce, who served a dozen years in the Los Angeles diocese prior to her election, is a former Roman Catholic who joined the Episcopal Church in 1986. The former
banking executive, who speaks Cantonese, Mandarin, Spanish and English, served for nine years as rector of St. Clement by-the-SeaChurch in San Clemente. She is married to Stephen Bruce; the couple has two adult children.