Diane M. Jardine Bruce (born June 1956) is the
Bishop Provisional of the
Episcopal Diocese of West Missouri
The Diocese of West Missouri is a diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America and a member of Province VII. It has jurisdiction over sixty counties in western Missouri running from the cities Fairfax in the north to Branson i ...
. She previously served as the seventh
bishop suffragan
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In the Anglican Communion, a suffragan bishop is a bishop who is subordinate to a metropolitan bishop or diocesan bishop (bishop ordinary) and so is not normally jurisdictiona ...
of the
Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles
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.
Early life and education
Diane was born in June 1956 in
Pequannock, New Jersey
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. She was raised as a
Roman Catholic. She studied at the
University of California, Berkeley and graduated with a
Bachelor of Arts in linguistics in 1979. In 1980 she commenced employment with
Wells Fargo Bank and subsequently served as vice president, in compensation management, and in analysis. It was in 1986 that she joined the
Episcopal Church. She then earned a
Master of Divinity
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from
Claremont School of Theology in 1997. She also has a
Doctor of Ministry from
Seabury-Western Theological Seminary in Congregational Development in process.
Ordained ministry
Diane was ordained
deacon on June 7, 1997, by the Assistant Bishop of Los Angeles
Robert Marshall Anderson
Robert Marshall Anderson (December 18, 1933 - May 3, 2011) was the Seventh Bishop of Minnesota in the Episcopal Church.
Early life and education
Anderson was born on December 18, 1933, in Staten Island, New York City, the son of Arthur Harold A ...
, and then
priest on January 17, 1998, by the Bishop of Los Angeles
Frederick H. Borsch. Between 1997 and 2000 she was associate rector of the Church of the Messiah in
Santa Ana, California
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where she was responsible for Women’s ministry and youth group. Between 2000 and 2010 she was rector of St Clement’s by-the-Sea Church in
San Clemente, California
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.
Episcopacy
Diane was elected Suffragan Bishop of Los Angeles on December 4, 2009. She was consecrated as a bishop on May 15, 2010 by Presiding Bishop
Katharine Jefferts Schori. She retained the post until her election on November 6, 2021, as the Provisional Bishop of The Diocese of West Missouri by the diocesan convention meeting at
Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral in
Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City (abbreviated KC or KCMO) is the largest city in Missouri by population and area. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 508,090 in 2020, making it the 36th most-populous city in the United States. It is the central ...
. Upon the completion of her ministry in the Diocese of Los Angeles, Bruce took up residence and began her ministry in the Diocese of West Missouri on December 1, 2021. She is married to Gregory Stephen Bruce and is the mother of two.
See also
*
List of Episcopal bishops of the United States
*
Historical list of the Episcopal bishops of the United States
References
Living people
Women Anglican bishops
1956 births
Place of birth missing (living people)
Date of birth missing (living people)
Episcopal bishops of West Missouri
Episcopal bishops of Los Angeles
Converts to Anglicanism from Roman Catholicism
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