From ENS-
Pamela Chinnis, who was the first woman to lead the Episcopal Church's House of Deputies, died Aug. 24 at her home in Virginia Beach, Virginia. She was 86.
Chinnis served three terms as president of the House of Deputies from 1991 to 2000, the maximum allowed. She was first elected by acclamation in July 1991.
Current House of Deputies President Bonnie Anderson, the second woman to lead the approximately 880-member house, said in a statement that "my deepest sympathies and prayers are with her family and her friends across the church," adding that Chinnis was "one of my role models and has inspired my ministry."
Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori said "we give thanks for the ground-breaking ministry of Dr. Chinnis as president of the House of Deputies, and give thanks for her life. We hold her and her family in our prayers in this time of grief and thanksgiving for a life well lived. May she rest in peace and rise in glory, and may all who mourn find comfort in the assurance of resurrection."
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