21.   The agreement between the two churches requires new Lutheran bishops to be consecrated by Episcopal bishops in a laying on of hands.

22.   The cathedral is the seat of the Episcopal bishop of Washington.

23.   The ceremony was planned despite repeated requests by the Rt. Rev. Vincent Warner, Episcopal bishop of Olympia, that it not proceed.

24.   The current proposal, supported by a majority of Episcopal bishops, goes further, mandating that bishops ordain women.

25.   The Episcopal bishops have agreed to meet with the Jewish Community Relations Council next week, and declined media interviews Wednesday in an effort not to inflame the situation.

26.   The Episcopal bishops and Jewish community leaders said they were willing to talk.

27.   The Lutherans rejected a closer tie to the Episcopal Church because they could not accept the authority of Episcopal bishops.

28.   The Right Rev. M. Thomas Shaw, Episcopal bishop of Massachusetts, takes a month off to work as a congressional intern.

29.   The upcoming heresy trial of a retired Episcopal bishop may be a historic occasion, but at least one diocese wants nothing to do with it.

30.   There was Leonidas Polk, the Episcopal bishop who became a skilled and respected Confederate general.