Rt. Rev. Mary Douglas Glasspool

The Rt. Rev. Mary Douglas Glasspool was elected eighth bishop suffragan of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles on December 5, 2009, after having served nine years as canon to the bishops of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland. The second woman to be elected bishop in diocesan history, she was ordained to the episcopate on May 15, 2010.

Bishop Glasspool’s areas of specialization include ecumenical and inter-religious ministries, diocesan schools, LGBT ministries, and oversight of the congregations in the northern third of the Diocese.

Bishop Glasspool became canon to the Maryland bishops in 2001. Previously she was rector of St. Margaret's, Annapolis (1992-2001); rector of St. Luke's and St. Margaret's, Boston (1984-1992); and assistant to the rector of St. Paul's, Philadelphia (1981-1984).

Ordained a priest in 1982 in the Diocese of Pennsylvania, she holds a master of divinity degree from Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and a bachelor's degree from Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. She was a 2006 Merrill Fellow at Harvard Divinity School.

Bishop Glasspool was born in Staten Island, New York. Her life partner, Rebecca Sander, holds a doctorate in social work.