V. Gene Robinson

Mary Imogene Bowman Robinson, 86, wife of Charles Victor Robinson of 65 years, died Thursday, Jan. 19, after a lengthy illness. She was a deacon of the Bethany Christian Church, a member of the Bethany Christian Women’s Fellowship and a member of...

In a 6-1 ruling Thursday, the California Supreme Court reversed an appeal court's decision over ownership of the St. James Anglican Church property in Newport Beach, sending the case back to a trial court for arguments. In a nine-page opinion written...

In September 2007, Episcopal Bishop John W. Howe ushered four members of his Central Florida diocese into his small office on Robinson Street. The four men made the 64-year-old bishop an offer: step aside, retire now, and we'll pay off the mortgage on...

Bishop V. Gene Robinson, the Episcopalian Bishop who served as President Obama's adviser on gay issues, came to Sacramento to support a state senate bill that seeks to clarify the separation of church and state with regard to gay marriages. San Francisco...

LONG BEACH -- The Episcopal Church has ordained its first two female bishops. The Rev. Canon Mary Glasspool, of Baltimore, and Rev. Canon Diane Jardine Bruce, were consecrated Saturday at a ceremony attended by 3,000 people in Long Beach, California....

LOS ANGELES-- The Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles elected its first openly gay bishop, the second openly gay bishop in the global Anglican fellowship. Rev. Canon Mary D. Glasspool, 55, of Baltimore, was elected by clergy and lay leaders of the church as...

The spiritual leader of the global Anglican Communion issued an unusually sharp and swift rebuke to Episcopal Church leaders over the election of an openly gay bishop in the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles. In a terse statement, Archbishop of......

The Rev. Canon Mary D. Glasspool, newly elected bishop suffragan of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, told delegates after her election that she was excited about the future of the national church. Glasspool, 55, is the first openly lesbian......

The Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles today elected the first openly gay bishop since the national church lifted a ban that sought to bar gays and lesbians from the church's highest ordained ministry. Clergy and lay leaders, meeting in Riverside......

Clergy and lay leaders of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles could make history today when they vote to replace two retiring assistant bishops, choosing from a pool of six candidates that includes two openly gay priests. If either or......

The Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles elected the first woman bishop in its 114-year history today but had yet to decide whether to select an openly gay priest for a second bishop opening. Clergy and lay leaders, meeting in Riverside......

LOS ANGELES -- Two openly gay candidates are among a pool of six candidates selected to replace two retiring assistant bishops in the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles. Rev. John L. Kirkley of San Francisco and the Rev. Canon Mary D. Glasspool of...