Brian Lee Cole

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The Right Reverend

Brian Lee Cole
Bishop of East Tennessee
Church Episcopal Church
Province IV
Diocese East Tennessee
ElectedJune 28, 2017
In office2017–present
Predecessor George D. Young III
Orders
Ordination2002
by  Robert Hodges Johnson
ConsecrationDecember 2, 2017
by  Michael Curry
Personal details
Born(1967-12-07)December 7, 1967
Hayti, Missouri, United States
NationalityAmerican
Denomination Anglican
Residence Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
SpouseSusan Weatherford
Children1
Alma mater Murray State University, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

Brian Lee Cole AHC (born December 7, 1967) is an American prelate of the Episcopal Church who is the current Bishop of East Tennessee. [1] [2]

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Education

Cole was born in Hayti, Missouri, [2] and was educated at Murray State University, from which he graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration in 1989. He spent time employed with the Appalachian Ministries Educational Resource Center in Berea, Kentucky. In 1992, he earned a Master of Divinity degree from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. In 2001, he completed studies at Sewanee: The University of the South, where he focused on Anglican church history. He also undertook further studies in art and prayer at the General Theological Seminary in 2006 and in liturgics in Asheville, North Carolina, between 2002 and 2005. [1] Sewanee awarded him an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree in 2019. [3]

Ordained ministry

Cole was ordained priest by Bishop Robert Hodges Johnson in 2002 [2] and served as vicar at Church of the Advocate in Asheville, North Carolina. In 2005, he became sub-dean of the Cathedral of All Souls in Asheville, while in 2012 he accepted the position of rector of the Church of the Good Shepherd in Lexington, Kentucky. [4]

Cole was elected Bishop of East Tennessee on June 28, 2017, during the 33rd annual diocesan convention. He was then consecrated on December 2, 2017, at the Church of the Ascension in Knoxville, Tennessee by the Presiding Bishop Michael Curry. [5] He was installed at St. John's Cathedral on December 3, 2017. [2]

He is an associate of the Order of the Holy Cross. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "The Right Reverend Brian Lee Cole". Episcopal Diocese of East Tennessee. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Episcopal Diocese of Tennessee (February 9–10, 2018). Journal of the 34th Annual Convention of the Episcopal Church in East Tennessee (PDF). Knoxville, Tennessee: Episcopal Diocese of Tennessee. p. 4.
  3. ↑ "Sewanee to Present Honorary Degree to Bishop Brian Lee Cole" (Press release). Sewanee: The University of the South. October 16, 2018. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Episcopal Diocese of East Tennessee to ordain fifth bishop in Saturday ceremony", Knoxville News Sentinel, December 17, 2019. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Brian Lee Cole ordained and consecrated as fifth bishop of East Tennessee", Episcopal News Service, December 5, 2017. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
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