George D. Young III

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The Right Reverend

George D. Young III
Bishop of East Tennessee
Church Episcopal Church
Diocese East Tennessee
ElectedFebruary 12, 2011
In office2011–2017
Predecessor Charles G. vonRosenberg
Successor Brian Lee Cole
Orders
Ordination1990
by  Frank S. Cerveny
ConsecrationJune 25, 2011
by  Katharine Jefferts Schori
Personal details
Born (1955-09-28) September 28, 1955 (age 68)
Jacksonville, Florida, United States
Nationality American
Denomination Anglican
SpouseKathryn Mary Beich
Children2
Alma mater Florida State University

George Dibrell Young III (born September 28, 1955) was the fourth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of East Tennessee from 2011 until 2017.

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Young was born on September 28, 1955, in Jacksonville, Florida. He studied at the Florida State University and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in 1978. In 1981 he married the now-Reverend Kathryn Mary Young (nee Beich) and together had two children. He then enrolled at Seabury-Western Theological Seminary, from which he graduated with a Master of Divinity in 1990. [1]

Young was ordained deacon and priest in 1990 by the Bishop of Florida, Frank S. Cerveny. He then became assistant at St. Giles' Church in Northbrook, Illinois, and director of religious education. In 1994 he returned to Florida and became rector of St. Elizabeth's Church in Jacksonville, Florida. In 1997, he became rector of St Peter’s Church in Fernandina Beach, Florida, where he remained until 2011. [2]

On February 12, 2011, Young was elected as the fourth Bishop of East Tennessee and was consecrated on June 25, 2011, by Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori at the Church of the Ascension in Knoxville, Tennessee. He was formally installed at St John’s Cathedral, Knoxville, Tennessee, the next day, on June 26, 2011. [3] He retired in December 2017. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "The Right Reverend George Dibrell Young, III", Diocese of East Tennessee. Retrieved on 22 March 2020.
  2. ↑ ="George Young, fourth bishop of Episcopal Diocese of East Tennessee, to be ordained on June 25", Knoxville News Sentinel, Knoxville, * June 2011. Retrieved on 22 March 2020.
  3. ↑ Meyers, V. "George Dibrell Young becomes fourth bishop of East Tennessee diocese", The Episcopal Church, 26 June 2011. Retrieved on 22 March 2020.
  4. ↑ "Episcopal bishop to retire at end of ’17", Johnson City Press, 23 April 2016. Retrieved on 22 March 2020.
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2011–2017		Succeeded by


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