[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 10699]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      BISHOP JOHN BAILEY LIPSCOMB

  (Mr. DAN MILLER of Florida asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DAN MILLER of Florida. Mr. Speaker, today Bishop John Bailey 
Lipscomb, who gave our very eloquent prayer this morning, is from my 
hometown of Bradenton, Florida. Bishop Lipscomb was instituted as the 
Fourth Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Southwest Florida in 1997. 
The Diocese of Southwest Florida covers the area from Brooksville, 
Florida, which is north of Tampa, south to Naples, and includes my area 
along the Gulf of Mexico, as well as portions of the gentlemen from 
Florida's (Mr. Bilirakis), (Mr. Young), (Mr. Davis), (Mr. Putnam), (Mr. 
Goss) and the gentlewoman from Florida's (Mrs. Thurman) districts in 
our area of southwest Florida.
  Born in Alexandria, Virginia, Bishop Lipscomb grew up in 
Jacksonville. He received his BA from the University of North Carolina, 
Asheville, his Master's in Divinity degree from the School of Theology 
of the University of South Sewanee, his Doctor of Ministry degree from 
the Graduate Theological Foundation and is a Fellow of the Foundation. 
Bishop Lipscomb has worked in several States throughout the South and 
as chaplain of the Louisiana National Guard. Bishop Lipscomb served on 
active duty during Operation Desert Shield.
  Bishop Lipscomb and his wife, Marcie, have two children, Matthew and 
Natalie, and four grandchildren. The Lipscombs are very active in my 
community, and I have had the pleasure of working with them personally, 
especially and most recently on the Boys and Girls Club in Manatee 
County. It is my honor to be able to welcome him here today and 
consider him my friend.

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