Episcopal Church: Local named bishop of Spokane Diocese

Rev. Gretchen Rehberg

A former Pullman resident and 1982 graduate of Pullman High School has been named bishop of the Spokane Diocese of the Episcopal Church

The Rev. Gretchen Rehberg currently serves as pastor of the Episcopal Church of the Nativity in Lewiston where she has been for 10 years. She was elected bishop of the Diocese of Spokane at a convention in Lewiston Oct. 15.

The position was opened with the announced retirement of the current bishop, James Waggoner, Jr. Rehberg was one of four finalists for the position.

Rehberg said the process for electing a new bishop starts with a “dis...