Background
Dixon was born in Mississippi in 1937 and, after being graduated from Vanderbilt University, spent her early life as a teacher and mother, raising three children.
Dixon was born in Mississippi in 1937 and, after being graduated from Vanderbilt University, spent her early life as a teacher and mother, raising three children.
She was a suffragan bishop in the Episcopal Diocese of Washington and served as Bishop of Washington pro tempore from 2001 to June 2002. She died unexpectedly on Christmas Day morning in 2012. Dixon enrolled at Virginia Theological Seminary at the age of 40, receiving her Master of Divinity degree in 1982.
She later received the degree of Doctor of Divinity in 1993.
During her tenure as bishop pro tempore, Dixon sued in federal court to remove a priest, Samuel Edwards, from his position as a parish rector in Accokeek, Maryland. Following several months of acrimony, Dixon filed suit to have Edwards removed.
The court ruled in her favor in October 2001. After several appeals, the initial decision stood.
She retired following the election of the Right Review
John B. Chane.
