Jennifer Anne Reddall (born July 21, 1975) is an

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prelate who is the sixth and current bishop of Arizona.

Early life and education

Reddall was born on July 21, 1975, in Redondo Beach, California, and grew up in the Episcopal Church. Reddall began discerning a calling to ordained ministry in high school, where she served as a student leader in her youth group. In 1997 Reddall was graduated from

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with a Bachelor of Arts in Theater Studies. After graduation Reddall served as an Intern in the Episcopal Urban Intern Program in

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. From 1998 to 1999 she served as a Special Education Teacher in

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, California.

Ordination

Reddall studied for holy orders at the

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, including a summer study at St Andrew's Theological Seminary,

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. She was deaconed in 2002, and ordained a priest in 2003, through the auspices of her home diocese of

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. Reddall's first ordained ministry position was as Curate for Church of the Epiphany,

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, California. In 2003 she moved to

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to serve as Associate Rector of Church of the Epiphany, New York, New York. Following the retirement of the Rector, the Rev. Andrew Mullins, in 2011, Reddall was called to serve as the Priest-in-Charge of Epiphany. In 2014 Reddall was called to serve as the Rector there. Reddall served the Diocese of New York as a Trustee, and served as a member of the House of Deputies Special Task Force on Sexual Harassment and Exploitation, subcommittee for Truth and Reconciliation.

Bishop

On October 20, 2018, she was elected Bishop of Arizona, the sixth bishop after the establishment of the diocese in 1959, and the first woman to serve in that role. She was consecrated on March 9, 2019, by Presiding Bishop Michael Curry. She was seated at Trinity Cathedral on April 7, 2019. At the time of her consecration she was the youngest bishop in the Episcopal Church.

Personal life

Reddall married Jonathan Linman, a Lutheran minister, in 2003; they had one son, Nathan, in 2009. In 2014, they divorced. Reddall's parents have lived in

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since 2016.
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Reddall, Jennifer Anne Living people 1975 births 21st-century Anglican bishops in the United States Yale University alumni People from Redondo Beach, California Episcopal bishops of Arizona

Early life and education

Ordination

Bishop

Personal life

See also

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