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Bishop Doss
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Bishop Doss Born: March 29, 1943 Married to Susan (nee) Terkuhle Doss Parents: Pat Morris William Doss, born November 10, 1919 Frances Myrtle Grace nee Noble Doss, born September 21, 1922 Children: Katherine, born July 27, 1978 & Andrew, born May 2, 1981 Sister: Lois Anne McVay (Mrs. B. J.), born October Home: 15 Front St., Mandeville, Louisiana Office: 3932 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana Home of Origin: Alexandria, Louisiana Vocation: Bishop of the Episcopal Church, Attorney Joe Morris Doss served parishes in Louisiana and California as an Episcopal priest, and the Diocese of New Jersey as Bishop. An attorney with a background in civil rights, he enjoys a national reputation primarily as an advocate for justice, in particular as a champion of minorities, women, and children, but Bishop Doss is also granted special recognition in the church as a liturgist, ecumenist, and leader for church reform. He is the author of five books and a successfully produced play. He is presently consumed with activities to help rebuild Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina and starting a new organization to foster reform in the international and ecumenical church. Among his long list of accomplishments he was the founding president of Death Penalty Focus, the founding chair of the National Center for AIDS in San Francisco, and, together with Bishop Leo Frade of Southeast Florida, the organizer of an adventurous and famous rescue mission to Cuba that freed thousands of people, most of them pardoned political prisoners. This led to a Federal felony conviction, followed by their exoneration on two grounds: no criminal intent and prosecutorial misuse of the Constitution (trying to use the war powers act to regulate immigration). Bishop Doss famously served as co-counsel in the death penalty appeals of Earnest Knighton, Jr., who was executed on October 30, 1984. Bishop Doss personally testifies that he has found most “professional” satisfaction in his skills as a parish priest. 
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