Who is Mariann Edgar Budde, the bishop who angered Trump with inaugural sermon?
by Anna Betts from US news | The Guardian on (#6TRDB)
Budde, 65, asked president to have mercy' on immigrants and LGBTQ+ people in prayer service on Tuesday
The Right Rev Mariann Edgar Budde made headlines this week after she used her sermon on Tuesday at the National Cathedral prayer service for the inauguration to implore Donald Trump to have mercy upon" immigrants and LGBTQ+ individuals.
Budde, 65, is the first woman to serve as the spiritual leader of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington. She has been leading the diocese since her election to the role in 2011. Before that, she served as the rector of St John's Episcopal church in Minneapolis for 18 years.
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