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Michael Bruce Curry (born March 13, 1953) is an American retired bishop who was the 27th presiding bishop and primate of the Episcopal Church.Elected in 2015, he was the first African American elected to the role, having previously served as Bishop of North Carolina from 2000 to 2015.
Rowe, who leads two small dioceses along Lake Erie, will succeed Bishop Michael Curry, the first African American to hold the position, when Curry’s nine-year term ends on Nov. 1. The presiding ...
Initially the position of Presiding Bishop rotated geographically. After 1795 the Presiding Bishop was the senior bishop in order of consecration. Starting in 1926, the office became elective, the Presiding Bishop being chosen at General Convention by vote by all bishops, and approved by the House of Deputies. The office now has a nine-year term.
The Right Rev. Sean Rowe, bishop of the Erie-based Episcopal Diocese of Northwestern Pennsylvania, is one of four nominees to succeed the Episcopal Church's Presiding Bishop Michael Curry.
Ordained as a priest in 2000, Rowe served for 7 years as rector for St. John's Episcopal Church in Franklin, Pennsylvania and was ordained and consecrated as the 8th Bishop of Northwestern Pennsylvania in September 2007, [5] [6] a position in which he remained for 17 years before succeeding Michael Curry as Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal ...
A native of Sharon, the Right Rev. Sean Rowe became a bishop in 2007. He will replace the Episcopal Church's Presiding Bishop Michael Curry.
James E. Curry (b. 1948), suffragan bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut; L. F. P. Curry (1887–1977), presiding bishop of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints; Michael Curry (bishop) (b. 1953), presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church; Thomas John Curry (b. 1943), auxiliary bishop of the Catholic Archdiocese ...
Bishop Michael Curry's sermon, a remarkable and historic moment for the royal family, was followed by a gospel choir's rendition of 'Stand By Me.' Bishop Michael Curry's sermon, a remarkable and ...