Bonnie Anderson is the current president of the House of Deputies

House of Deputies

The House of Deputies is one of the legislative houses of the bicameral General Convention of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America...

 in the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. Jointly with the Presiding Bishop, Katharine Jefferts Schori

Katharine Jefferts Schori

Katharine Jefferts Schori is the 26th Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church of the United States. Previously elected as the 9th Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Nevada, she is the first woman elected as a primate of the Anglican Communion...

, she is the most senior figure in the Episcopal Church. Elected in 2006 (vice-president in 2003) and re-elected in 2009, she is from the Episcopal Diocese of Michigan

Episcopal Diocese of Michigan

The Episcopal Diocese of Michigan is the Episcopal diocese in the southeast part of Michigan.The diocese traces its roots to the founding of St. Paul's, Detroit in 1824. It became a diocese of the Episcopal Church in 1836, one year before the State of Michigan entered the Union. It covered the...

, where she has served as Canon to the Ordinary and President of the Standing Commission. http://www.episcopalchurch.org/13299_7968_ENG_HTM.htm

Anderson holds honorary Doctor of Divinity

Doctor of Divinity

Doctor of Divinity is an advanced academic degree in divinity. Historically, it identified one who had been licensed by a university to teach Christian theology or related religious subjects....

 degrees from the Episcopal Divinity School

Episcopal Divinity School

The Episcopal Divinity School is a seminary of the Episcopal Church based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Known throughout the Anglican Communion for prophetic teaching and action on issues of civil rights and social justice, its faculty and students have been directly involved in many of the social...

 and the University of the South (Sewanee), as well as honorary Doctor of Canon Law

Doctor of Canon Law

Doctor of Canon Law is the doctoral-level terminal degree in the studies of canon law of the Roman Catholic Church.It may also be abbreviated I.C.D. or dr.iur.can. , ICDr., D.C.L., D.Cnl., D.D.C., or D.Can.L. . Doctor of both laws are J.U.D...

 degrees from Seabury-Western Theological Seminary

Seabury-Western Theological Seminary

Seabury-Western Theological Seminary is a seminary of The Episcopal Church, located in Evanston, Illinois. It was formed in 1933 by a merger of Western Theological Seminary of Evanston , and Seabury Divinity School of Faribault, Minnesota...

 and the General Theological Seminary

General Theological Seminary

The General Theological Seminary of the Episcopal Church is a seminary of the Episcopal Church in the United States and is located in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan in New York....

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