Carrie Schofield-Broadbent

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The Right Reverend

Carrie Schofield-Broadbent
Bishop of Maryland
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Schofield-Broadbent in 2025
Church Episcopal Church
Province III
Diocese Maryland
ElectedMarch 25, 2023
In office2024-present
Predecessor Eugene Sutton
Orders
Ordination2003 (deacon)
2004 (priest)
by  Gladstone B. Adams III
ConsecrationSeptember 16, 2023
by  Mary Gray-Reeves
Personal details
Born
Syracuse, N.Y., US
Denomination Anglican
SpouseKeith Schofield-Broadbent
Children2
Alma mater Juniata College
Virginia Theological Seminary

The Right Rev. Carrie Schofield-Broadbent (born 1974) [1] is an American bishop who has served as the 15th Bishop of Maryland since 2024. [2]

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Education and career

Schofield-Broadbent received a Bachelor's degree in Spanish and Peace and Conflict Studies from Juniata College in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, in 1997, having spent a year at the University of Barcelona in Spain. In 2003 she was awarded a Master of Divinity degree from Virginia Theological Seminary. [3]

She was ordained as a deacon in 2003 and as a priest in 2004, and was Rector of St Matthew's Church in Liverpool, New York, from 2006 to 2017 before being appointed Canon to the Ordinary for Transition and Church Development in the Diocese of Central New York. [3]

On 25 March 2023 Schofield-Broadbent was elected bishop coadjutor in the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland. She succeeded the Rt. Rev. Eugene Sutton as Bishop of Maryland upon his retirement in 2024 and is the first woman to serve in that role. [2] [4]

She is also a trainer for the College for Congregational Development and speaks both English and Spanish. [3]

Family

With her husband Keith, a marketing executive, Schofield-Broadbent has two children. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Episcopal Clerical Directory 2023 (2023). New York: Church Publishing Inc. ISBN   978-1-64065-657-4, p. 685.
  2. 1 2 Episcopal News Service, "Maryland diocese elects Carrie Schofield-Broadbent bishop coadjutor", 27 March 2023. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Episcopal Diocese of Maryland, Bishop Search, Slate of Candidates. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  4. ↑ The Baltimore Sun, "Maryland Episcopalians choose next bishop, first woman elected to position", 27 March 2023. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
Episcopal Church (USA) titles
Preceded by Bishop of Maryland
2024–present		Incumbent
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