Betsey Monnot | |
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Bishop of Iowa | |
Church | Episcopal Church |
Diocese | Iowa |
Elected | July 30, 2021 |
In office | 2021-present |
Predecessor | Alan Scarfe |
Successor | Incumbent |
Orders | |
Consecration | December 18, 2021 by Michael Curry |
Rank | Bishop |
Personal details | |
Nationality | American |
Denomination | Anglican |
Spouse | Michael |
Children | 3 |
Alma mater | Church Divinity School of the Pacific |
Elizabeth Lockwood Hawley Monnot is the tenth diocesan bishop of Iowa in The Episcopal Church.
Monnot was elected on the third ballot as the X Bishop of Iowa at a special diocesan convention held on July 31, 2021, in Des Moines.[1] At the time of election, she was priest-in-charge of St. Clement's Episcopal Church in Rancho Cordova, California.[2] Prior to that she was co-rector with her husband at All Saint's Episcopal Church in Sacramento, California.[3] A majority of the standing committees and Bishops were required to consent to her election, and these consents were all obtained by mid September, 2021.[1][4]
Bishop Monnot was consecrated in Des Moines on the Advent ember day of December 18, 2021, in a ceremony led by Presiding Bishop Michael Curry. Monnot is the 1,139th Bishop consecrated in the Episcopal Church, and the first female Bishop of Iowa.[5] Bishops Alan Scarfe, Chilton R. Knudsen, and Lucinda Ashby acted as co-consecrators. Ecumenical co-consecrators included Amy Current of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and Archbishop Melissa M. Skelton of the Anglican Church of Canada.[6]
Her husband, Michael, is rector at All Saint's Episcopal Church,[3] prior to which he was a Liaison to the Secretary of State for the Green Party of California.[7]