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.

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Mariann Edgar Budde, the Episcopal Bishop of Washington, is a prominent religious leader who advocates for social justice issues, including immigration and LGBTQ+ rights. On January 21 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

(The Hill) — Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde called on President Trump to have mercy on transgender children and immigrant families at a National Cathedral prayer service for the inauguration Tuesday ...