2009年11月8日，瑞典教會在一次受到關注的儀式上按立艾娃-布鲁娜为斯德哥尔摩地區主教，布鲁娜也成為了世界上第一位担任教會地區主教神職的公開為同性戀者的女性。
在瑞典首部的烏普萨拉市教堂舉行的按立儀式上，瑞典教會大主教安德斯-维尔德亲自為布鲁娜主持了入職禮，瑞典國王卡尔十六世 -古斯塔夫和王后、以及來自其它一些國家的教會代表出席了儀式。另一位女性也在當天的儀式上被任命為瑞典北部海纳桑德地區的新主教。
现年55岁的布鲁娜（Eva Brunne）从1978年起担任瑞典教會牧師，並曾主持操辦過教會大會等一些重要活動。今年5月，布鲁娜在瑞典教會的大會上當選為斯德哥尔摩地區的下任主教，當時教會就布鲁娜任職的投票结果是413票赞成、365票反對。
公開是同性戀者的布鲁娜目前与同性戀伴侣古尼拉-琳登一起居住在斯德哥尔摩，琳登也是瑞典教會的牧师。按立布鲁娜為主教的决定不僅在瑞典教會内部，也在全球其它教會中引起關注。
對於公開為同性戀者、并有同性戀伴侣的教會人员是否可以担任主教的話题，已在世界各大教會中引發很大爭議甚至教會分裂，美國聖公會幾年前任命公開為同性戀者的羅賓遜為新罕布希爾教區主教所引發的分歧，至今仍在全球圣公會會波未平。
最近，信徒人數占全國人口大半、曾是瑞典国教的瑞典教會在同性戀者相關議題上接連採取了打破陳規的舉措。就在上個月，瑞典教會投票决定允許為同性戀人主持教會婚禮，成為世界上第一個作出這一決定的本國最大教會，這項決定已從 11月1日起生效。
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Episcopalians Confirm a Second Gay Bishop http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_5e319f300100gi9r.html
By LAURIE GOODSTEIN
Published: March 17, 2010
A majority of bishops and dioceses of the Episcopal Church have approved the election of the church’s second openly gay bishop, the Rev. Mary D. Glasspool, a decision likely to increase the tension with fellow Anglican churches around the world that do not approve of homosexuality.
The worldwide Anglican Communion, the network of churches connected to the Church of England, has been in turmoil since the Americans elected their first openly gay bishop, V. Gene Robinson, in New Hampshire in 2003. Theological conservatives in the Communion say the Bible condemns homosexuality, while liberals say the Scripture is open to interpretation.
Bishop Glasspool, 56, is to be consecrated as one of two new assistant bishops, known as suffragan bishops, in Los Angeles on May 15. Both elected suffragan bishops are women — the first ever to serve in the diocese.
Both were elected at a convention of the diocese in December, but according to church rules had to win the approval of a majority of the bishops and standing committees (made up of clergy and laypeople) of the church’s 110 dioceses. Bishop Glasspool’s confirmation was never certain.
Bishop Glasspool, who has been serving in Maryland as an adviser to the bishops for nine years, said Wednesday in an interview: “I feel overjoyed. I feel relieved. I’m breathing again.”
She and her partner, Becki Sander, a postgraduate student in social work, have been together for 22 years.
The bishop said she intended to reach out to those who opposed her. Asked whether she anticipated that her election would have repercussions in the Anglican Communion, she said, “While I understand that not everyone rejoices, I don’t understand what will functionally be different tomorrow than today with respect to our relationships around the world.”
Conservative prelates in the Communion had asked the Episcopal Church to refrain from electing any more openly gay bishops, but Episcopalians passed a resolution at their convention in 2009 saying that the church should be open to the ministry of all qualified people, regardless of sexual orientation.
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, the leader of the Church of England and spiritual head of the Anglican Communion, issued a warning in December that Bishop Glasspool’s election “raises very serious questions not just for the Episcopal Church and its place in the Anglican Communion, but for the Communion as a whole.”
He did not elaborate on what steps the Communion might take should her election be confirmed.
Bishop Glasspool’s father was also an Episcopal priest. She was born on Staten Island, and grew up in the rectory of St. James Church in Goshen, N.Y., where her father served for 35 years.
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