Mary Glasspool

Mary Glasspool was consecrated May 15, 2010, she is the diocese's first-and the Episcopal Church's second-gay, partnered bishop. Glasspool, 55, had told a May 14, 2010 gathering of media that the service
"is a benchmark for the whole church.""We are being the church that we say we are," she added. "We're not
just saying it, we're doing it and there's something very powerful about that. It's bigger than the both of us. So I'm looking forward with great awe as well as joy and some 'wow' to whatever the Holy Spirit has in mind."
The daughter of a priest, she had served congregations in Maryland, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania and for the past years had served as canon to the bishops in the Baltimore-based Diocese of Maryland. Her life partner of 19 years is Becki Sander, who holds degrees in theology and social work.