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About Deaconess Alexander
Deaconess Anna Ellison Butler Alexander (1865-1947) was born to recently emancipated slaves on St. Simons Island, Georgia. She became the only African American set aside in the order of deaconess in The Episcopal Church.
In 1998, Bishop Henry Louttit, Jr. named her a Saint of Georgia by the Diocese of Georgia with a feast day of September 24 and the process began for recognition by the whole Episcopal Church. After study, the Standing Committee on Liturgy and Music voted to recommend that the Episcopal Church add Deaconess Alexander to Lesser Feasts and Fasts (Major Feasts are those like Christmas and Easter) which happened in 2018. During its 2023 Convention, the Diocese of Georgia unanimously voted to name Deaconess Alexander as the Patron Saint of the Diocese.