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Friday, March 14, 2008
The Denver Forum Proudly Presents:
The Right Reverend John Bryson Chane – Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, DC
Speaking on “The Problem of Religion & Politics”
12-Noon Luncheon
Oxford Hotel
1600 17th Street
Sage Room
Members: $30, Non-Members, $45
Phone Reservations: 303-832-9030
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Biography of Bishop John Bryson Chane
Eighth Bishop of Washington
The Right Reverend John Bryson Chane, D.D., 61, was consecrated as the Eighth Bishop of Washington on June 1, 2002.
As Bishop of Washington, Bishop Chane serves 93 congregations and 45,000 members in the District of Columbia, and in the Counties of Prince George`s, Montgomery, Charles and Saint Mary`s in Maryland. He serves as the President and CEO of the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation, which governs Saint Alban`s School for Boys, The National Cathedral School for Girls, Beauvoir Primary School, the Cathedral College and the National Cathedral all of which are located on the 53-acre Cathedral Close. He served as Interim Dean of the Washington National Cathedral for eighteen months.
Bishop Chane was named by the Washingtonian Magazine as one of the 150 most influential leaders in the District of Columbia.
He recently traveled to Iran on two occasions at the invitation of former Iranian President Khatami and has spoken with numerous religious leaders and at numerous cultural events as well as at seminaries and universities in the cities of Tehran and Qom.
In 2007, he was invited to Geneva, Switzerland, to engage in closed talks with the former Ambassador of Iran to the United Nations to discuss the need for continued dialogue between Iran and the United States. He then traveled to Oslo, Norway, as a guest of the Club de Madrid, the Norwegian Government and the Foundation for Civilizations to speak on the theme, "Religion, Politics and Terrorism."
Bishop Chane traveled in 2007 to Cuba to meet with bishops and Episcopal Church officials to discuss the rapid growth of the Cuban Episcopal Church and the church’s humanitarian concerns that are the result of the continuing sanctions against the country by the United States government.
In 2006 he was invited to be the weekly preacher in residence at the Chautauqua Institution in New York and has been invited to return again in 2008.
He was recently invited by the Council on Foreign Relations to participate in a two-day conference, "Religion and Terrorism," and continues to be involved in the Council’s ongoing work in the area of religion and foreign affairs.
He has been a speaker at the National Defense University on the subject of Religion and Global Terrorism and has also spoken at the U.S. State Department’s Secretary’s Open Forum and at the Pentagon.
Since arriving in Washington he has appeared on ABC`s Good Morning America, National Public Radio`s All Things Considered and Weekend All Things Considered, the independent radio program Interfaith Voices, the Public Broadcasting System`s Religion and Ethics Newsweekly and has been profiled in The Washington Post and Washingtonian magazine. He has also appeared on the BBC, CNN, Fox News, local ABC, CBS, NBC, ENS and Fox affiliates, All Africa News and Television, International Public Radio, FaithWorks, CSPAN, and was featured in the PBS television special "Three Faiths, One Goal." He has participated in two international affairs panels hosted by the Washington Press Club, and is the author of numerous published articles on the Church and Secular Society, Global Terrorism and The Episcopal Church and Human Sexuality. Bishop Chane was recently honored for his ongoing work in Abrahamic Dialogue by the InterFaith Conference of Metropolitan Washington and was a recipient of the InterFaith Bridge Builders` Award.
He is an active member of many boards and advisory committees including the American Friends of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem, The University Council Committee on Religious and Spiritual Life at Yale University, The Episcopal Church Publishing Company, The Virginia Theological Seminary, The Ambassador Board of the Boys & Girls Clubs of National City, and Collington Retirement Center, Saint Anna`s Home and Saint Mary`s Home. In addition Bishop Chane serves as Co-Chair of the "Bishops Working For A Just Society" Coalition and on the Episcopal Church`s Committee On National Affairs. He was recently appointed to serve on a Global Anglican Task Force investigating human rights violations in the Kingdom of Swaziland , Africa and his diocese has established a partnership with The Anglican Church of the Province of Southern Africa.
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