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John Bryson Chane (born May 13, 1944)〔''Episcopal Clerical Directory 2013'' (2013). New York: Church Publishing Inc. ISBN 978-0-89869-888-6, p. 175〕 is a bishop in the Episcopal Church. He was the eighth diocesan bishop of Washington. He was elected on the second ballot and was consecrated on June 1, 2002. In his capacity as bishop, he also served as interim dean of the Washington National Cathedral while it searched for a new dean. He was President and CEO of the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation which oversees the operations of the Washington National Cathedral and the three cathedral schools of Saint Alban's, the National Cathedral School for Girls, and Beauvoir School.〔(Biography of Bishop John Bryson Chane ) Episcopal Diocese of Washington〕 He was named by ''Washingtonian Magazine'' as one of the 150 most influential leaders in the District of Columbia and recognized by the London Telegraph as one of the 50 most prominent leaders in the Anglican Communion. A leader in global interfaith dialogue and study he has traveled to Iran on numerous occasions as the invited guest of former President Sayyed Mohammad Khatami. In late 2011 he was part of a four-person delegation that traveled to Tehran and was instrumental in freeing the American hikers held prisoner in Evan Prison. He is one of the few from the West who has ever met with the current Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khameni. He has participated as a presenter at three conferences, held in Oslo, Norway, and Tehran, sponsored by the Oslo Center for Peace and Human Rights, the ''Club de Madrid'', and ''Le Dialogue des Civilizations'', focusing on religion, politics and terrorism, religion and politics and gender equality. He continues to work with the Brookings Institution in Washington DC as a planner and presenter at the Annual U.S. Islamic World Forum, held in Doha, Qatar. He has spoken on numerous occasions at the Industrial College of The Armed Forces in Washington DC, the US State Department's Secretary's Open Forum and as the Anglican principal at the semi annual Christian-Muslim Summit sponsored by Washington National Cathedral. As a respected speaker and preacher he has been invited on several occasions by the Chautauqua Institution of New York as Preacher in Residence and as a frequent speaker by the Department of Religion addressing various contemporary religious themes. Crane has been the recipient of various awards, including DC's Interfaith Bridge Builders Award, the George Washington University's President's Medal, the Berea College Founder's Medal, Search for Common Ground's Award for Global Peace and Reconciliation, the Rumi Forum's Global Peace Award, and the Yale Divinity School's Lux et Veritas Award. He was a contributing author to ''Iraq Uncensored'', published by the American Security Project and a contributor to ''Messengers of Monotheism'', published by Dog Ear Publishing. On January 30, 2010, Chane announced his intention to retire as bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, relinquishing the role to his successor in 2011.〔(Bishop John Bryson Chane's Retirement announcement ) Episcopal Diocese of Washington〕 The ordination and consecration of the ninth bishop, Mariann Edgar Budde, took place at the Washington National Cathedral on November 12, 2011. == Biography == A Boston native, Chane was previously the dean of St. Paul's Cathedral in San Diego and served in congregations in Southborough, Massachusetts, Erie, Pennsylvania and Montvale, New Jersey. He received a Bachelor of Arts from Boston University and a Masters of Divinity from Yale Divinity School. He was the team chaplain for the Team USA Hockey team during the 1980 Olympics. He later received honorary doctorates from Virginia Theological Seminary, Episcopal Divinity School, Cambridge and Berkeley Divinity School at Yale University. He is father to Chris Chane and Ian Chane. He also has three grandchildren,Madeline, Althea and Ashton. On the side, he has a band called The Chane Gang.〔(Our Bishop Really Rocks )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Bryson Chane」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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