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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.
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.
On September 25, 2021, Richards was elected as the ninth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Upper South Carolina. [2] He was consecrated by Presiding Bishop Michael Curry, along with bishops Jennifer A. Reddall, Ruth Woodliff-Stanley, and W. Andrew Waldo.
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.
He will replace the Episcopal Church's Presiding Bishop Michael Curry. A native of Sharon, the Right Rev. Sean Rowe became a bishop in 2007. ... The new presiding bishop will take office Nov. 1 ...
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 ...
The Rev. Canon Michael Barlowe is the Secretary of the House of Deputies, having been appointed upon the retirement of his predecessor, the Rev. Gregory Straub in 2013. Barlowe is also the Executive Officer of the General Convention, a position filled by joint appointment of the Presiding Bishop and the President of the House of Deputies.
The ordination is scheduled to be officiated by Michael Curry, who is the first Black to serve as Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church. He was previously bishop of the Diocese of North Carolina.