Ordination of the Reverend Canon Gretchen Mary Rehberg

The Right Reverend Gretchen Mary Rehberg is introduced to the congregation after her Ordination as Bishop in the Church of God and the Ninth Bishop of the Episcopal diocese of Spokane at The Cathedral of St. John The Evangelist in Spokane on Saturday, March 18, 2017.

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Sun., March 19, 2017

The Consecrating Bishops join the procession before the ordination of the Rev. Canon Gretchen Mary Rehberg as bishop in the Church of God and the ninth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Spokane at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Spokane on Saturday, March 18, 2017.

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Members of the choir join the procession before the ordination of the Rev. Canon Gretchen Mary Rehberg as bishop in the Church of God and the ninth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Spokane at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Spokane on Saturday, March 18, 2017.

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Acolyte Robine Hill,19, right, was all smiles as she and fellow acolyte Ross Osborne, 15, carry the candles before the prdination of the Rev. Canon Gretchen Mary Rehberg as bishop in the Church of God and the ninth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Spokane at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Spokane on Saturday, March 18, 2017.

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The Rev. Canon Gretchen Mary Rehberg addresses the consecrating bishops before her ordination as bishop in the Church of God and the ninth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Spokane at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelistin Spokane on Saturday, March 18, 2017.

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The Rev. Canon Gretchen Mary Rehberg kneels before the consecrating bishops during her ordination as bishop in the Church of God and the ninth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Spokane at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Spokane on Saturday, March 18, 2017.

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The Most Rev. Michael Bruce Curry, presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, hands a Bible to the Rev. Canon Gretchen Mary Rehberg during her ordination as bishop in the Church of God and the ninth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Spokane at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Spokane on Saturday, March 18, 2017.

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The Rt. Rev. Gretchen Mary Rehberg is introduced to the congregation after her ordination as bishop in the Church of God and the ninth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Spokane at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Spokane on Saturday, March 18, 2017.

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