Budde, 65, is the first woman to lead the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, a position she has held since 2011. She oversees 86 churches across Washington, D.C., and Maryland, with 38,000 members.

(RNS) — In the week since Bishop Mariann Budde, the Episcopal bishop of Washington, D.C., delivered a sermon at the National Prayer Service the day following President Trump’s inauguration ...

From the pulpit, Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde delivered a sermon that many found startling. With grace and conviction, she pleaded with the president to "have mercy upon the people in our country ...

However, one moment of the day didn’t leave Trump feeling so good about himself: a prayer service where a sermon was given by the Bishop of Washington, Mariann Budde, who has held the role since ...

She was nasty in tone, and not compelling or smart,” said Mr Trump, a Republican, adding that Ms Budde did not mention that some migrants have come to the United States and killed people.

“We are proud of our alumna Bishop Marianne Budde for her faithfulness to the Biblical witness. To ask a President to be merciful is in the tradition of the prophets of the Hebrew Bible,” Ian ...