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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.
Rev. Michael Curry, presiding bishop and primate of The Episcopal Church surrounded by people on stage at the Episcopal Revival at the 81st General Convention on June 23, 2024.
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.
Michael Curry, presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States, reflects on democracy and religion in a conversation with Jon Meacham, Vanderbilt University historian, in Langford ...
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 ...
He was elected on July 15, 2017, on the fifth ballot, and was consecrated on December 9, 2017, by Presiding Bishop Michael Curry. [2] He received a Doctor of Divinity from General Theological Seminary. [3]
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.
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.