Joe Morris Doss

Joe Morris Doss, retired Bishop of New Jersey, has served parishes in Louisiana and California. He enjoys a national reputation as a liturgist and as a champion of minorities, women, and children. An attorney with a background in civil rights, Bishop Doss was the founding president of Death Penalty Focus, the founding chair of the National Center for AIDS in San Francisco, and served with distinction on the Episcopal Church's Commission on Criminal Justice. Under the auspices of the Episcopal...See more

Joe Morris Doss, retired Bishop of New Jersey, has served parishes in Louisiana and California. He enjoys a national reputation as a liturgist and as a champion of minorities, women, and children. An attorney with a background in civil rights, Bishop Doss was the founding president of Death Penalty Focus, the founding chair of the National Center for AIDS in San Francisco, and served with distinction on the Episcopal Church's Commission on Criminal Justice. Under the auspices of the Episcopal Church's Fund for World Relief, he helped organize a freedom boatlift to Cuba in 1980. His book, Let the Bastards Go: From Cuba to Freedom Aboard God's Mercy, is available from Louisana State University Press. See less