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{{Infobox Christian leader
| type = Bishop
| honorific-prefix = [[The Right Reverend]]
| name = Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows
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| title = [[Episcopal Diocese of Indianapolis|Bishop of Indianapolis]]
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| church = [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopal Church]]
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| diocese = [[Episcopal Diocese of Indianapolis|Indianapolis]]
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| elected = 
| term = April 30, 2017
| predecessor = [[Catherine Maples Waynick|Catherine Waynick]]
| successor =
| other_post = Director of Networking of the [[Episcopal Diocese of Chicago]] (January 2012-October 2016)

| ordination = June 11, 1997 (deacon) <br /> February 7, 1998 (priest)
| ordained_by = [[David B. Joslin]]
| consecration = April 29, 2017
| consecrated_by = [[Michael Bruce Curry]]

| birth_name = Jennifer Lynn Baskerville
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| birth_place = New York, United States
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| nationality = [[Americans|American]]
| religion = [[Anglicanism]]
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| spouse = {{marriage|Harrison Burrows|2003}}
| children = 1
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| alma_mater = [[Smith College]] <br /> [[Cornell University]] <br /> [[Church Divinity School of the Pacific]]
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'''Jennifer Lynn Baskerville-Burrows''' is an American [[Anglican]] bishop in the [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopal Church]]. In October 2016, she was elected bishop of the [[Episcopal Diocese of Indianapolis]], and she was [[consecrated]] on April 29, 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/IndyEpiscopal|title=DioceseofIndy (@IndyEpiscopal) - Twitter|website=twitter.com}}</ref> She is the first African-American woman to be elected a [[diocesan bishop]]. Prior to her consecration, she served as Director of Networking in the [[Episcopal Diocese of Chicago|Diocese of Chicago]]. Previously, she was a priest in the [[Episcopal Diocese of Central New York]], the [[Episcopal Diocese of Newark]], and the [[Episcopal Diocese of California]]. In addition to her parish ministry, she has been Director of Alumni and Church Relations at Church Divinity School of the Pacific and a [[chaplain]] to [[Syracuse University]].

==Early life and education==
Baskerville-Burrows was born and brought up in [[New York City]].<ref name="bishop PR">{{cite web|title=The Rev. Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows Elected Eleventh Bishop of Indianapolis|url=http://hoosierbishopxi.org/index.php/2016/10/28/the-rev-jennifer-baskerville-burrows-elected-eleventh-bishop-of-indianapolis/|website=hoosierbishopxi.org|publisher=Episcopal Diocese of Indianapolis|access-date=31 October 2016|date=28 October 2016}}</ref> She was educated at [[Smith College]], [[Major (academic)|majoring]] in architecture with a [[Minor (academic)|minor]] in [[urban studies]], and graduated in May 1988.<ref name="cv">{{cite web |title=J. Baskerville-Burrows Resume |url=http://hoosierbishopxi.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/JBaskerville-Burrows-Resume-2016-Public.pdf |website=hoosierbishopxi.org |publisher=Episcopal Diocese of Indianapolis |access-date=31 October 2016 |date=July 2016}}</ref> In 1989, she was [[baptised]] in the [[Episcopal Church (United States)]] having spent her childhood and early adult years "seeking and longing for church community". She then studied Historic Preservation Planning at [[Cornell University]], graduating with a [[Master of Arts]] (MA) degree in May 1994. She trained for [[ordained ministry]] at [[Church Divinity School of the Pacific]], a [[seminary]] of the Episcopal Church, graduating with a [[Master of Divinity]] (M.Div.) degree in May 1997.

==Ordained ministry==
Baskerville-Burrows was [[ordained]] in the [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopal Church]] as a [[Deacon#Anglicanism|deacon]] on June 11, 1997, and as a [[Priest#Anglican or Episcopalian|priest]] on February 7, 1998, by the bishop of the [[Episcopal Diocese of Central New York]].<ref>https://www.worldanglican.com/united-states/indianapolis/the-episcopal-church/the-rt-revd-jennifer-baskerville-burrows></ref> From June 1997 to April 1999, she served as Assistant Rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, [[Endicott, New York]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldanglican.com/united-states/indianapolis/the-episcopal-church/the-rt-revd-jennifer-baskerville-burrows|title = The Rt Revd Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows on World Anglican Clerical Directory}}</ref> Then, from April 1999 to August 2002, she was the Associate for [[Spiritual formation|Christian Formation]] at St. Peter's Episcopal Church, [[Morristown, New Jersey]]; her duties included leading adult [[Bible study (Christian)|Bible study]] classes, Baptismal preparation classes, and assisting in the parish ministries.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldanglican.com/united-states/indianapolis/the-episcopal-church/the-rt-revd-jennifer-baskerville-burrows|title = The Rt Revd Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows on World Anglican Clerical Directory}}</ref> On [[September 11, 2001]], she was at [[Trinity Church (Manhattan)|Trinity Church, New York]] for a "videotaping event" with Archbishop [[Rowan Williams]] (then the head of the [[Church in Wales]], and later the head of the [[Church of England]]).<ref>{{cite web|title=The Search for the Eleventh Bishop of The Episcopal Diocese of Indianapolis|url=http://hoosierbishopxi.org/index.php/slate/baskervilleburrows/|website=hoosierbishopxi.org|publisher=Episcopal Diocese of Indianapolis|access-date=31 October 2016}}</ref> She described how "we spent hours in a stairwell of the parish house building expecting to die" but found peace in Jesus, God's grace, and the [[communion of saints]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldanglican.com/united-states/indianapolis/the-episcopal-church/the-rt-revd-jennifer-baskerville-burrows|title = The Rt Revd Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows on World Anglican Clerical Directory}}</ref>

From August 2002 to July 2004, Baskerville-Burrows served as a pastoral associate of All Saints' Episcopal Church, a [[Progressive Christianity|progressive]] [[Anglo-Catholic]] church in [[San Francisco]], California, and was Director of Alumni and Church Relations at [[Church Divinity School of the Pacific]] in [[Berkeley, California]].<ref>{{cite web|title=ALL SAINTS' MISSION STATEMENT|url=https://allsaintssf.org/|website=allsaintssf.org|publisher=All Saints' Episcopal Church San Francisco|access-date=31 October 2016}}</ref> From July 2004 to January 2012, she was [[Rector (ecclesiastical)|Rector]] of [[Grace Episcopal Church (Syracuse, New York)|Grace Episcopal Church]] in [[Syracuse, New York]], and Episcopal [[Chaplain]] to [[Syracuse University]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldanglican.com/united-states/indianapolis/the-episcopal-church/the-rt-revd-jennifer-baskerville-burrows|title = The Rt Revd Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows on World Anglican Clerical Directory}}</ref> From January 2012, she was the Director of Networking in the [[Episcopal Diocese of Chicago]].

===Episcopal ministry===
On October 28, 2016, Baskerville-Burrows was elected the 11th bishop diocesan of the [[Episcopal Diocese of Indianapolis]]. This made her the first African-American woman to be elected a [[diocesan bishop]] in the Episcopal Church.<ref>{{cite web |title=First African-American woman elected diocesan bishop |url=http://episcopaldigitalnetwork.com/ens/2016/10/28/jennifer-baskerville-burrows-elected-11th-bishop-of-indianapolis/ |website=episcopaldigitalnetwork.com |publisher=The Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society |access-date=31 October 2016 |date=28 October 2016}}</ref> Baskerville-Burrows was [[consecrated]] a bishop on April 29, 2017 during a service at [[Clowes Memorial Hall]], [[Butler University]] in Indianapolis, Indiana.<ref name=bishopindy>{{cite web|url=http://indydio.org/|title=Episcopal Diocese of Indianapolis|website=indydio.org}}</ref> She was then [[Enthronement|seated]] on April 30.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cbs4indy.com/2017/04/30/indianapolis-church-makes-history-with-first-african-american-bishop-of-the-diocese/|title=Indianapolis church makes history with first female African-American Bishop of the Diocese|date=30 April 2017|publisher=}}</ref>

==Personal life==
On March 22, 2003, the then Jennifer Baskerville married Harrison Burrows at St. Peter's Episcopal Church in [[Morristown, New Jersey]].<ref name="marriage">{{cite news|last1=Copage|first1=Eric V.|title=WEDDINGS/CELEBRATIONS: VOWS; Jennifer Baskerville and Harrison Burrows|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/13/style/weddings-celebrations-vows-jennifer-baskerville-and-harrison-burrows.html|access-date=31 October 2016|work=The New York Times|date=13 April 2003}}</ref> Together they have a son, Timothy.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Cazentre|first1=Don|title=My Favorite Things, with Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows|url=http://blog.syracuse.com/cny/2011/04/my_favorite_things_with_jennifer_baskerville-burrows.html|website=blog.syracuse.com|publisher=Syracuse Media Group|access-date=31 October 2016|date=11 April 2011}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of Episcopal bishops of the United States]]
* [[List of bishops of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America|Historical list of the Episcopal bishops of the United States]]

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