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The Rev. Tonya (Adéjọké) Butler-Truesdale is a fifth-generation Washingtonian, writer, ordained minister, Isese onifa, municipal governance attorney and graduate student whose work explores Afro-diasporic memory, spirituality, public witness, community healing and public theology.
Fr. Charles Kieffer is the vicar for Synodality and Planning for the Phoenix Diocese.
Bishop Peter Dai Bui is the auxiliary bishop of the Phoenix Diocese.