This is the third in the 2022 series of four weekly videos remembering key African American figures in the Episcopal Church and beyond. A new video will be published each Thursday for four weeks from February 10, 2022.
The Rt. Rev. Barbara Clementine Harris (June 12, 1930 – March 13, 2020) was the first woman consecrated a bishop in the Anglican Communion. She was elected suffragan bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts, on September 24, 1988, and was consecrated on February 11, 1989. Eight thousand people attended the service, which was held at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, Massachusetts. She served in the role of suffragan bishop for 13 years, retiring in 2003.
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The complete series
| February 10, 2022 | The Rev. George Freeman Bragg. Commentary by the Rev. Galen Snodgrass |
| February 17, 2022 | The Rev. Dr. Harold Lewis. Commentary by the Rev. Ted Estes |
| February 24, 2022 | The Rt. Rev. Barbara Harris. Commentary by Stephanie Hasty |
| March 3, 2022 | Allan Rohan Crite. Commentary by the Rev. Chas Marks |