VIRGINIA BEACH

The Rev. Anne N. Gimenez succeeded her late husband, John, on Tuesday by becoming the new presiding bishop of Rock Ministerial Fellowship, a group of several hundred churches.

Anne and John, who died Feb. 12 at 76, co-founded Rock Church in 1968, and their congregation became a landmark Pentecostal megachurch in Virginia Beach.

Anne was consecrated as bishop on Tuesday evening in a ceremony at Rock Church on Kempsville Road. She had served most recently as senior pastor of Rock Church. The fellowship includes pastors of Rock Church’s many satellite congregations.