Memorial Service for Bishop Dixon Today

The service begins at 10 a.m. at the Washington National Cathedral and will be streaming online on the cathedral homepage. Bishop Dixon was the second woman bishop in the Episcopal Church.

Memorial for Bishop Jane Holmes Dixon Saturday

Memorial for the Rt. Rev. Jane Holmes Dixon, the second woman bishop in the Episcopal Church, will be 10 a.m. Saturday at the Washington National Cathedral.

Saturday, the Washington National Cathedral will host a memorial service for retired Rt. Rev. Jane Holmes Dixon, who died Dec. 25 of heart disease. Bishop Dixon was the second woman bishop in the Episcopal Church and served as the Bishop of Washington pro tempore. The service at 10 a.m. at the Washington National Cathedral will also be broadcast via a live webcast on the cathedral's website. "We are heartbroken at the death of retired Bishop Jane Holmes Dixon, who passed away early Christmas morning," according to a message posted on the website of St. John's Episcopal Church in Georgetown. Dixon is suvived by her husband David McFarland Dixon, Sr., her three children, David, Jr., Edward and Mary, and her beloved grandchildren, Ed, Emma, …

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