Heather Elizabeth Cook, charged in the December drunk-driving crash that killed bicyclist Thomas Palermo, has resigned, the Episcopal Dioceses of Maryland has announced.

The announcement was made via a press release by the Right Rev. Eugene Taylor Sutton and the Standing Committee of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland, saying that they had accepted her resignation as bishop suffragan of the diocese.

“This means that Cook is no longer employed by the diocese,” the release stated.

Cook, who is scheduled for a June 4 trial in Baltimore on multiple charges of manslaughter, drunk driving, leaving the scene of an accident and driving while texting, still faces the possible disciplinary action by a national Episcopal Church Title IV action.

In today’s release, Bishop Sutton said the resignation takes place “independent” of the Title IV process by the church. (Update on Title IV accord with Cook.)

The diocese placed Cook on paid administrative leave in the wake of the revelation, first reported by The Brew, that she was the driver of the car that struck bicyclist Palermo, a 43-year-old father of two, on December 27.

Prosecutors said she fled the scene of the crash, on Roland Avenue in North Baltimore, and upon returning, had a breath alcohol reading that was nearly three times the legal limit.

Cook was ordained and consecrated bishop suffragan of the Maryland Diocese last September at an elaborate ceremony at the Church of the Redeemer on North Charles Street.

She has been out on bail since early January when her “steady companion,” former Episcopal priest Mark H. Hansen, posted 10% of her $2.5 million bail.