Nedi Rivera
The Right Reverend Bavi Edna Rivera | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Eastern Oregon | |
| Church | Episcopal Church |
| Diocese | Eastern Oregon |
| Elected | 2009 |
| In office | 2009–2016 |
| Predecessor | William O. Gregg |
| Successor | Patrick W. Bell |
| Other post(s) | Suffragan Bishop of Olympia (2005–2010) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | June 28, 1975 (deacon) May 5, 1979 (priest) by Chauncie Kilmer Myers, Bishop of California |
| Consecration | January 22, 2005 by Harry Brown Bainbridge III |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Bavi Edna Rivera March 24, 1946 |
| Nationality | American |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Parents | Victor Rivera & Barbara Ross Starbuck |
| Spouse |
Robert Moore (m. 1979) |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | Wheaton College Church Divinity School of the Pacific |
Bavi Edna "Nedi" Rivera (born March 24, 1946) is a bishop of the Episcopal Church who served as a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Olympia and as the Seventh Bishop of the Diocese of Eastern Oregon. She was the first Hispanic woman elected to become a bishop in the Episcopal Church. Her late father, Victor Rivera, was also a bishop in the church.