James Mathes

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James Mathes
Church Episcopal Church (United States)
Diocese San Diego
Orders
Ordination1991 (deacon)
1992 (priest)
Consecration5 March 2005
by  Richard Sui On Chang

James Robert Mathes was the fourth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of San Diego. After studies at Sewanee: The University of the South and Virginia Theological Seminary, Mathes was ordained to the diaconate in 1991 and to the priesthood in 1992. He was consecrated on March 5, 2005, by Gary Richard Lillibridge, Richard Sui On Chang and his predecessors, Robert M. Wolterstorff and Gethin Benwil Hughes. He resigned effective July 1, 2017.

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