This is why after Budde’s sermon, Christian nationalists of all stripes, evangelical, mainline Protestant, Catholic and Eastern Orthodox, were so vitriolic in their attacks on the Episcopal Church.

She is the first woman to hold her church position Budde, 65, is the first woman to lead the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, a position she has held since 2011.

A native of New Jersey, Budde was ordained as a minister in 1989. She served as the rector of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Minneapolis from 1993 until 2011.

President Donald Trump and attendees of the National Day of Prayer Service stand as the Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, the Episcopal bishop of Washington, D.C., enters on Jan. 21, 2025.

Bishop Mariann Budde is listed as bishop on the Washington National Cathedral website, and the Episcopal Church has issued a statement supporting her.

People go to the Episcopal Church on Sunday because they want to mingle with the country club set and don’t play golf. Some want to feel morally superior to the masses by the Gospel of Woke.

We at St. Charles Episcopal Church (SCEC) applaud and support The Right Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde’s statements at the National Prayer Service last Tuesday, requesting that President Trump have ...

SAN FRANCISCO, April 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Rt. Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington and spiritual leader of Washington National Cathedral, will deliver the ...

Episcopalian Bishop Mariann Budde’s sermon at the National Cathedral was the epitome of civility while speaking truth to power, along with the actual teachings of Jesus.

NEW YORK — The Episcopal bishop who in January angered President Donald Trump has a deal for two books for young people. Both are based on the Right Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde’s bestselling ...