Bishop Harris's consecration service on Feb. 11, 1989: Laying on of hands by the 55-plus bishops present. Diocese of Massachusetts/Episcopal Times Photo: Evan Richman
The newly consecrated Bishop Harris with the presiding bishop, Edmond Browning. Diocese of Massachusetts/Episcopal Times Photo: David Zadig
Bishop Harris, pictured with (from left) her sister, Josephine; Bishop David E. Johnson; and her mother, Beatrice. Diocese of Massachusetts/Episcopal Times Photo: David Zadig
Bishop Harris greets the congregation. Diocese of Massachusetts/Episcopal Times Photo: David Zadig
Bishop Harris celebrates Holy Eucharist during the consecration service with (from left): The Rev. Florence Li Tim Oi, the first woman priest in the Anglican Communion; The Rev. Carter Heyward; The Rev. Margaret Bullitt-Jonas; and The Rev. Joseph Pelham. Diocese of Massachusetts/Episcopal Times Photo: David Zadig
Bishop Harris greets well-wishers at her consecration. Diocese of Massachusetts/Episcopal Times Photo: David Zadig
Bishop Harris with a young confirmand at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in Boston in 1995. Diocese of Massachusetts/Episcopal Times Photo: David Zadig
Bishop Harris preaches at Diocesan Convention in 1996. Diocese of Massachusetts/Episcopal Times Photo: David Zadig
Bishop M. Thomas Shaw, SSJE and Bishop Harris at the 1998 Lambeth Conference, a gathering of the Anglican Communion's bishops convened every 10 years by the archbishop of Canterbury. This was the first with women bishops present--11 in all. Episcopal News Service Photo: James Solheim
Bishop Harris with State Representative Byron Rushing at the February 1999 service marking her 10th anniversary as bishop. Diocese of Massachusetts/Episcopal Times Photo: David Zadig
Bishop Harris baptizes a boy on Boston Common during the Diocese of Massachusetts' Pentecost Festival on June 11, 2000. Diocese of Massachusetts/Episcopal Times Photo: David Zadig
From left: Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori and Bishop Barbara C. Harris with Bishop Gayle E. Harris (at Gayle Harris's consecration at Trinity Church in Boston in January 2003) and Bishop Chilton Knudsen of Maine and Bishop Catherine Roskam of New York. Diocese of Massachusetts Photo: Jonathan Beller
Celebrating Holy Eucharist at the dedication of the Barbara C. Harris Camp and Conference Center in Greenfield, N.H., on June 21, 2003. Pictured from left: Bishop Bud Cederholm, Bishop Barbara C. Harris, Bishop M. Thomas Shaw, SSJE and Bishop Gayle E. Harris. Diocese of Massachusetts/Episcopal Times Photo: Henry Hoffman
Bishop Harris (with Governor Deval Patrick in the background) celebrates her birthday in June 2007 during Episcopal City Mission's Annual Meeting at Boston University. Diocese of Massachusetts Photo
Bishop Harris greets members of the gospel choir from St. Cyprian's Church in Roxbury during the February 2009 service marking her 20th anniversary as bishop.
Bishop Harris and a young friend celebrate her 23rd consecration anniversary and the Cathedral Church of St. Paul's 100th anniversary year during Family Day on Feb. 11, 2012. Diocese of Massachusetts Photo: Tracy J. Sukraw
