The Rev. Gary Commins '80 '01 presents the honorary degree to the Rev. Dr. Tim Vivian.

CDSP awarded an honorary degree to the Rev. Dr. Tim Vivian '88 at its annual alumni convocation on October 11.

Vivian, a retired Episcopal priest and professor emeritus of religious studies at California State University Bakersfield, holds bachelor, master's, and PhD degrees from the University of California, Santa Barbara, as well as a master's degree from Cal Poly and an MDiv from CDSP.

In 2007, after a substantial majority of the clergy and laity of the Diocese of San Joaquin left the Episcopal Church in opposition to its inclusion of LGBT people, Vivian helped maintain the Episcopal Church's presence in the diocese and was appointed vicar of a new congregation, Grace Episcopal Church in Bakersfield, by Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori. When he retired at the end of 2017, the church had 200 members.

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(l-r) Sandra Bramble, Martha Eldredge, Elizabeth Dixon, Kathryn McMahon, Anne Derse, Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde, Steven Seely, Janice Hicks, Susan Fritz, Joan Crittenden, Lesley Krauland, Enid Cole, Eugene Wright

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