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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.
Gutiérrez was elected on the fourth ballot, receiving 100 votes in the lay order and 133 in the clergy order. On that ballot, 84 lay votes and 130 clergy votes were needed for an election. Gutiérrez was consecrated on July 16, 2016 by Presiding Bishop Michael B. Curry; Gutiérrez's former bishop, Michael Vono, delivered the sermon. [2]
In 2018, she planned a liturgy for the General Convention, at the request of Presiding Bishop Michael Curry, that offered “lament and repentance” for sexual abuse, exploitation, and harassment. [2] In 2024 Duncan-Probe was one of the nominees to succeed Michael Curry as Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church. [3] [4]
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.
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 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.
On June 27, 2015, the General Convention elected Bishop Michael Curry of North Carolina as the 27th Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church. [17] From 2017 to 2019, Jefferts Schori was an assisting bishop in the Episcopal Diocese of San Diego. [18] Since 2019, Jefferts Schori is one of the assisting bishops in the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles.