Eugene Sutton

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Eugene Sutton
Bishop of Maryland
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Sutton in 2011
Church Episcopal Church
Province III
Diocese Maryland
ElectedJune 29, 2008
In office2008–2024
Predecessor Robert W. Ihloff
Successor Carrie Schofield-Broadbent
Orders
ConsecrationJune 28, 2008
by  Katharine Jefferts Schori
Personal details
Born (1954-01-09) January 9, 1954 (age 70)
Washington, D.C., US
Denomination Anglican
(prev. Baptist)
SpouseSonya Subbayya Sutton
Children4
Alma mater Hope College
Western Theological Seminary
Princeton Theological Seminary
Sewanee: The University of the South

Eugene Taylor Sutton (born January 9, 1954) [1] is an American Episcopal clergyman who served as the 14th Episcopal Bishop of Maryland.

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Early life and education

Sutton grew up in Washington, D.C., in a Baptist family. In 1976 he graduated from Hope College in Holland, Michigan. He later earned a Master of Divinity degree from Western Theological Seminary in the same city and was ordained as a Minister of Word and Sacrament in the Reformed Church in America. Sutton continued his graduate studies at Princeton Theological Seminary, and after a few years joined the Episcopal Church, completing his Anglican ministry training in 1993 at the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee. [2]

Career

Sutton served in parishes in New Jersey and Washington, D.C., and taught at the New Brunswick Theological Seminary, the Vanderbilt University Divinity School and the General Theological Seminary.

On June 28, 2008, he was consecrated as Bishop of Maryland, having been elected at the previous diocesan convention on the first ballot. The consecration was held at the Washington National Cathedral, where Sutton had served as canon pastor. He became the first African American bishop for the Diocese of Maryland, and was installed in the Cathedral of the Incarnation on June 29, 2008.

On September 17, 2021, he announced his intention to retire in 2024. [3] He was succeeded by the Rt. Rev. Canon Carrie Schofield-Broadbent, who was elected bishop coadjutor in 2023. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Episcopal Clerical Directory 2013 (2013). New York: Church Publishing Inc. ISBN   978-0-89869-888-6, p. 936.
  2. ↑ "Rev. Eugene Taylor Sutton". Institute for Sustainable Communities. Retrieved 2020-12-26.
  3. ↑ Episcopal Diocese of Maryland, Search for the Fifteenth Bishop of Maryland. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  4. ↑ Episcopal News Service, "Maryland diocese elects Carrie Schofield-Broadbent bishop coadjutor", 27 March 2023. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
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