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Jennifer Brooke-Davidson

American prelate

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Source revisionJun 4, 2026
Entity authorityQ42537497 ↗
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Jennifer Brooke-Davidson (born June 29, 1960) is an American prelate of the Episcopal Church who is currently the Assistant Bishop in the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina.

Early life and education

Jennifer Brooke was born on June 29, 1960, in Corpus Christi, Texas, to John Charles Brooke and Sherry Sigler Anderson. She studied at Yale University and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in history in 1982. Between 1982 and 1985 she studied at the University of Texas School of Law, from where she gained her Juris Doctor. She then spent the next 12 years practicing commercial finance law in Washington, D.C. Later she served as Director of Religious Education and Director of Formation and Evangelism in Texas. In 2007 she decided to commence training for the ordained ministry at Fuller Theological Seminary, graduating in 2009.

Ordained ministry

Brooke-Davidson was ordained deacon on June 10, 2009, by Bishop David M. Reed, and then as a priest on December 16, 2009, by Bishop Gary Lillibridge at St Stephen’s Church in Wimberley, Texas. She then served as assistant rector of St Stephen's Church between 2009 and 2011, after which she became vicar of St Elizabeth's Church in Buda, Texas. She retained the latter post until 2017.

Bishop

She was elected as the sixth Suffragan bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of West Texas during the 113th annual Diocesan Council on February 25, 2017.

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