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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.
Alexander Viets Griswold, (1811–1843) (fifth presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church) Manton Eastburn, (Coadjutor, 1842; Diocesan, 1843–1872)
"PB" refers to whether the bishop became a Presiding Bishop in TEC and, if so, which number in the sequence. Under consecrators, one finds numbers or letters referencing previous bishops on the list. If a series of letters is under "Consecrators", then the consecrators were bishops or archbishops from outside of the ECUSA:
The following is a list of bishops who currently lead dioceses of the Episcopal Church in the United States and its territories. Also included in the list are suffragan bishops , provisional bishops , coadjutor bishops , and assistant bishops .
Barbara Harris became bishop suffragan of the diocese in 1989. It became the first diocese in the Episcopal Church to install an African American as diocesan bishop when John Melville Burgess was consecrated as the 12th bishop in 1970. [1] The current diocesan bishop is Alan M. Gates. He was consecrated bishop in 2014 and succeeded M. Thomas ...
The presiding bishop serves as the denomination’s chief pastor, president and CEO. ... based in Erie. For almost 12 years, he was the youngest bishop in the Episcopal Church. In 2019, he also ...
Pages in category "Presiding Bishops of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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.