The Reverend Michael Bruce Curry (facing camera) stands with Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori after his Installation ceremony, at the Washington National Cathedral, in Washington, November 1, 2015. Curry becomes the first African-American Episcopal presiding bishop, after previously serving as Bishop of North Carolina. REUTERS/Mike Theiler 

The Reverend Michael Bruce Curry (facing camera) embraces Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori after his Installation ceremony, at the Washington National Cathedral, in Washington, November 1, 2015. Curry becomes the first African-American Episcopal presiding bishop, after previously serving as Bishop of North Carolina. REUTERS/Mike Theiler 

The Reverend Michael Bruce Curry (facing camera) prepares for his Installation ceremony, by Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, at the Washington National Cathedral, in Washington, November 1, 2015. Curry becomes the first African-American Episcopal presiding bishop, after previously serving as Bishop of North Carolina. REUTERS/Mike Theiler 

The Rev. Michael Bruce Curry (facing camera) prepares for his Installation Ceremony, by Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, at the Washington National Cathedral, in Washington, November 1, 2015. Curry becomes the first African-American Episcopal presiding bishop, after previoulsy serving as Bishop of North Carolina. REUTERS/Mike Theiler 

Bishop Jerry Lamb (C) speaks next to Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori (L), the leader of the U.S. Episcopal Church, and Bonnie Anderson, President of the House of Deputies, at a news conference in Lodi, California, Mach 29, 2008. A special convention at St. John the Baptist Church in Lodi voted to install Lamb, 67, as the head of what was once a 47-church San Joaquin diocese. Lamb, who is loyal to the U.S. Episcopal Church, was elected to replace the deposed leader of the Central California diocese, the first to break away in protest of the church's support for gay and women's rights.
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Bishop Nerva Cot (2nd L), the first woman bishop named by the Episcopal Church in a developing nation, talks with presiding Bishop-elect Katharine Jefferts Schori from the Episcopal Church in the U.S., during mass at the Episcopal Church in Havana June 10, 2007. The Episcopal Church broke new ground in Cuba on Sunday by ordaining its first woman bishop in the Third World at a ceremony that mixed Old World incense with rhythmic Caribbean music. REUTERS/Claudia Daut (CUBA) 

Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, head of the U.S. Episcopal Church, attends a church service in Benoni outside Johannesburg, South Africa, March 14, 2007. A split over gay clergy and same-sex unions is distracting the Anglican Church from fulfilling its mission to eliminate poverty and injustice, Jefferts Schori said on Wednesday. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko (South Africa) 

Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, head of the U.S. Episcopal Church, speaks after a church service in Benoni outside Johannesburg, South Africa, March 14, 2007. A split over gay clergy and same-sex unions is distracting the Anglican Church from fulfilling its mission to eliminate poverty and injustice, Jefferts Schori said on Wednesday. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko (South Africa) 

U.S. presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church Katharine Jefferts Schori arrives in Zanzibar Port on the island of Zanzibar February 18, 2007. The spiritual leader of the world's 77 million Anglicans reminded his bishops of the need for humility on Sunday in a veiled rebuke to those whose wrangling over gay clergy threatens to tear the church apart. REUTERS/Emmanauel Kwiitema (TANZANIA) 

Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori walks down the aisle during her investiture as the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church at the National Cathedral in Washington, November 4, 2006. Schori is the first woman to head a national branch of the Worldwide Anglican Communion in its more than 450-year history. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES) 

Thousands attend the investiture service for Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori as the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church at the National Cathedral in Washington, November 4, 2006. Schori is the first woman to head a national branch of the Worldwide Anglican Communion in its more than 450-year history. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES) 

Sister Sopia Woods (R), a novice with the Order of St. Helena in New York, hugs another nun before the investiture of Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori as the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church at the National Cathedral in Washington, November 4, 2006. Schori is the first woman to head a national branch of the Worldwide Anglican Comunion in its more than 450-year history. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES) 

Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori greets congregants after her investiture as the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church at the National Cathedral in Washington, November 4, 2006. Schori is the first woman to head a national branch of the Worldwide Anglican Communion in its more than 450-year history. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES) 

Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori greets a congregant after her investiture as the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church at the National Cathedral in Washington, November 4, 2006. Schori is the first woman to head a national branch of the Worldwide Anglican Communion in its more than 450-year history. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES) 

Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori greets well-wishers after her investiture as the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church at the National Cathedral in Washington, November 4, 2006. Schori is the first woman to head a national branch of the Worldwide Anglican Communion in its more than 450-year history. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES) 

Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori smiles while greeting congregants after her investiture as the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church at the National Cathedral in Washington, November 4, 2006. Schori is the first woman to head a national branch of the Worldwide Anglican Communion in its more than 450-year history. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES) 

Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori takes to the pulpit for the homily at her investiture as the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church at the National Cathedral in Washington, November 4, 2006. Schori is the first woman to head a national branch of the Worldwide Anglican Communion in its more than 450-year history. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES) 

Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori preaches the homily at her investiture as the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church at the National Cathedral in Washington, November 4, 2006. Schori is the first woman to head a national branch of the Worldwide Anglican Communion in its more than 450-year history. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES) 

Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori (R) gives the homily at her investiture as the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church at the National Cathedral in Washington, November 4, 2006. Schori is the first woman to head a national branch of the Worldwide Anglican Communion in its more than 450-year history. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES) 

Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori delivers the homily at her investiture as the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church at the National Cathedral in Washington, November 4, 2006. Schori is the first woman to head a national branch of the Worldwide Anglican Communion in its more than 450-year history. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES) 

Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori (L) receives a kiss after taking the Primatial Staff from outgoing Bishop Frank Griswold (R) at her investiture as the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church at the National Cathedral in Washington, November 4, 2006. Schori is the first woman to head a national branch of the Worldwide Anglican Communion in its more than 450-year history. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES) 

Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori (L) is applauded after taking the Primatial Staff from outgoing Bishop Frank Griswold (R) at her investiture as the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church at the National Cathedral in Washington, November 4, 2006. Schori is the first woman to head a national branch of the Worldwide Anglican Communion in its more than 450-year history. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES) 

Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori (C) takes the Primatial Staff from outgoing Bishop Frank Griswold (R) at her investiture as the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church at the National Cathedral in Washington, November 4, 2006. Schori is the first woman to head a national branch of the Worldwide Anglican Communion in its more than 450-year history. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES)