John Chane
John Bryson Chane was the Eighth diocesan bishop of Washington in the Episcopal Church. He was elected on the second ballot and was consecrated on June 1, 2002. In his capacity as bishop, he also served as interim dean of the Washington National Cathedral while it searched for a new dean. He was President and CEO of the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation which oversees the operations of the Washington National Cathedral and the three cathedral schools of Saint Alban's, the National Cathedral School for Girls, and Beauvoir School.
On January 30, 2010, Chane announced his intention to resign as Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, relinquishing the role to his successor in the autumn of 2011. The inauguration of the Ninth Bishop, Mariann Edgar Budde, took place at the Washington National Cathedral on November 12, 2011.
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