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Bishop John Bryson Chane A First Priority in the 21st Century
Rumi ForumThe Right Reverend John Bryson Chane, D.D. was consecrated the Eighth Bishop of Washington on June 1, 2002. Bishop Chane serves a diverse diocese of 91 Congregations, 23 church related schools, and 45,000 members in the District of Columbia and the Counties of Prince George's, Montgomery, Charles and Saint Mary's in the State of Maryland. The Diocese of Washington is one of the most diverse in the Episcopal Church with 7 Spanish speaking, one Igbo speaking Nigerian, four historic African American parishes and a new Sierra Leon worshipping community in place. Almost a third of the congregationsRead moreShow less
The Right Reverend John Bryson Chane, D.D. was consecrated the Eighth Bishop of Washington on June 1, 2002.
Bishop Chane serves a diverse diocese of 91 Congregations, 23 church related schools, and 45,000 members in the District of Columbia and the Counties of Prince George's, Montgomery, Charles and Saint Mary's in the State of Maryland. The Diocese of Washington is one of the most diverse in the Episcopal Church with 7 Spanish speaking, one Igbo speaking Nigerian, four historic African American parishes and a new Sierra Leon worshipping community in place. Almost a third of the congregations in the diocese have members representing over 20 different countries from around the Anglican Communion.
Bishop Chane is the President and CEO of the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation which oversees the operations of Washington National Cathedral and the three cathedral schools of Saint Alban's, National Cathedral School for Girls and Beauvoir School.
He was named by Washingtonian Magazine as one of the 150 most influential leaders in the District of Columbia and was recognized by the London Telegraph as one of the 50 most prominent leaders in the world wide Anglican Communion. As a graduate of Boston University and the Berkeley Center at Yale Divinity School he has received honorary doctorates from Virginia Theological Seminary, Berkeley Divinity School at Yale and Episcopal Divinity School, Cambridge.
As a leader in inter-faith dialogue and study he has traveled to Iran on numerous occasions as an invited guest of former President Khatami, speaking to, and studying with numerous religious leaders at seminaries and universities in the cities of Tehran and Qom. He has been a participant and presenter at three conferences held in Oslo, Norway and Tehran, Iran sponsored by the Oslo Center for Peace and Human Rights, The Club de Madrid and Le Dialogue des Civilizations. Areas of focus have been; "Religion, Politics and Terrorism," "Religion and Politics," and "Gender Equality." He has been an invited guest of the Brookings Institution, Washington D.C. to participate in the annual "U.S. Islamic World Forum," held in Doha, Qatar, and participated in the work of the Council of Foreign Relations in New York City, focusing on "Religion and Terrorism." Bishop Chane has been a speaker on the role of Islam in the geopolitical scene at the National Defense University in Washington and the U.S. State Department's "Secretary's Open Forum." As a respected speaker and preacher, he has been invited on several occasions by the Chautauqua Institution of New York to be their weekly "Preacher-In- Residence."
Bishop Chane serves a diverse diocese of 91 Congregations, 23 church related schools, and 45,000 members in the District of Columbia and the Counties of Prince George's, Montgomery, Charles and Saint Mary's in the State of Maryland. The Diocese of Washington is one of the most diverse in the Episcopal Church with 7 Spanish speaking, one Igbo speaking Nigerian, four historic African American parishes and a new Sierra Leon worshipping community in place. Almost a third of the congregations in the diocese have members representing over 20 different countries from around the Anglican Communion.
Bishop Chane is the President and CEO of the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation which oversees the operations of Washington National Cathedral and the three cathedral schools of Saint Alban's, National Cathedral School for Girls and Beauvoir School.
He was named by Washingtonian Magazine as one of the 150 most influential leaders in the District of Columbia and was recognized by the London Telegraph as one of the 50 most prominent leaders in the world wide Anglican Communion. As a graduate of Boston University and the Berkeley Center at Yale Divinity School he has received honorary doctorates from Virginia Theological Seminary, Berkeley Divinity School at Yale and Episcopal Divinity School, Cambridge.
As a leader in inter-faith dialogue and study he has traveled to Iran on numerous occasions as an invited guest of former President Khatami, speaking to, and studying with numerous religious leaders at seminaries and universities in the cities of Tehran and Qom. He has been a participant and presenter at three conferences held in Oslo, Norway and Tehran, Iran sponsored by the Oslo Center for Peace and Human Rights, The Club de Madrid and Le Dialogue des Civilizations. Areas of focus have been; "Religion, Politics and Terrorism," "Religion and Politics," and "Gender Equality." He has been an invited guest of the Brookings Institution, Washington D.C. to participate in the annual "U.S. Islamic World Forum," held in Doha, Qatar, and participated in the work of the Council of Foreign Relations in New York City, focusing on "Religion and Terrorism." Bishop Chane has been a speaker on the role of Islam in the geopolitical scene at the National Defense University in Washington and the U.S. State Department's "Secretary's Open Forum." As a respected speaker and preacher, he has been invited on several occasions by the Chautauqua Institution of New York to be their weekly "Preacher-In- Residence."
