Who was the African-American woman that succeeded Catherine Waynick as bishop?
Catherine Waynick Catherine Elizabeth Maples "Cate" Waynick (born November 13, 1948) is an American Anglican bishop. She was the tenth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Indianapolis from 1997 to 2017. She was elected Bishop Coadjutor of the Episcopal Diocese of Indianapolis in January 1997, was consecrated on June 7 of that year, and became the Diocesan Bishop on September 10, 1997. She succeeded Edward Witker Jones, who served from 1978 to 1997. At the 2015 Diocesan Convention, Bishop Waynick announced plans to retire, and called for the election of a new bishop to be consecrated in 2017. She was succeeded by Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows on April 29, 2017.
Ava Muhammad Ava Muhammad (born 1951) is an American Black Muslim. In 1998 she became the first female Minister to preside over a mosque and region in the history of the NOI. Her job as national spokesperson for Minister Farrakhan is among the most prominent in the nation — a post formerly held by Malcolm X under Nation of Islam patriarch Elijah Muhammad. Minister Ava Muhammad is also a member of the Muslim Girls Training (MGT). In addition to administering day-to-day affairs at the mosque Muhammad was named Southern Regional Minister, giving her jurisdiction over Nation of Islam mosque activity in Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and parts of Tennessee.