From Alaska-On Sunday, at 3 p.m., the Rt. Rev. Mark Lattime, Episcopal bishop of Alaska, will ordain to the priesthood Bella Jean Savino and Shirley Lee. The ordination service, part of an all-day Pentecost celebration, marks a historic occasion, celebrating and continuing the tradition of Native ministry within the church.
Lee will become the first Inupiaq female, and Savino will be the second Gwitch’in female to be ordained to the priesthood within the worldwide Anglican Communion. Both are associated with St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church.
Lee, 52, whose traditional name is “Bunnikjoruk,” was born in Fairbanks, and raised in Fairbanks and Bettles Field/Evansville. Her family roots trace back to Noorvik and the Arctic Coast. She is a wife, mother of six, grandmother of seven and has studied at the University of Alaska, the Antioch School of Law and the Vancouver Anglican School of Theology. A former Fairbanks Native Association executive director and Tanana Chiefs Conference vice president, she is currently director of the TCC innovative “Housing First” program. Shirley was ordained a deacon in 2010.
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