Rev. Dorothy Sanders Wells, a native of Mobile, Ala., explains the different sections of the flag of the Episcopal Diocese of Mississippi in Ridgeland, Miss., Friday, July 19, 2024, before she is formally installed Saturday, as the first woman and first Black person to hold the post of the Episcopal bishop in Mississippi. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Episcopal Bishop Glenda Curry of Mobile, Ala., left, jokes with her friend Rev. Dorothy Sanders Wells at St. Andrew's Episcopal School, Friday, July 19, 2024, before Wells is formally installed Saturday as the first woman and first Black person to hold the post of the Episcopal bishop in Mississippi. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Rev. Dorothy Sanders Wells details the parts of the Episcopal bishop's vestments in Ridgeland, Miss., Friday, July 19, 2024, before she is formally installed Saturday, as the first woman and first Black person to hold the post of the Episcopal bishop in Mississippi. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Rev. Dorothy Sanders Wells shows a personal vestment, Friday, July 19, 2024, in Ridgeland, Miss., that she will wear during her installation as the first woman and first Black person to hold the post of Episcopal Bishop in Mississippi, on Saturday at St. Andrew's Episcopal School. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Rev. Dorothy Sanders Wells, right, confers with Rev. Ann Hallisey, canon to the presiding bishop for ministry within The Episcopal Church, Friday, July 19, 2024 in Ridgeland, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Rev. Dorothy Sanders Wells, a native of Mobile, Ala., shows the inscription in her Bible given to her by the Episcopal bishop of West Tennessee at her 2012 ordination, during preparation setup in Ridgeland, Miss., Friday, July 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Rev. Dorothy Sanders Wells, a native of Mobile, Ala., sits on a stage at St. Andrew's Episcopal School campus in Ridgeland, Miss., Friday, July 19, 2024, before being formally installed Saturday as the first woman and first Black person to hold the post of bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Mississippi. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)