Michael Pierce Milliken

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The Right Reverend

Michael Pierce Milliken
Bishop of Western Texas
Church Episcopal Church
Diocese Western Texas
ElectedAugust 21, 2010
In office2011-2018
Predecessor James M. Adams Jr.
Successor Mark A. Cowell
Orders
OrdinationNovember 30, 1973
ConsecrationFebruary 19, 2011
by  Katharine Jefferts Schori
Personal details
Born (1947-03-13) March 13, 1947 (age 76)
Lexington, Kentucky, United States
Nationality American
Denomination Anglican
Spouse
Kathleen Smith
​
(m. 1969)​
Children1

Michael Pierce Milliken (born March 13, 1947) was the fifth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Western Kansas from 2011 until 2018.

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Biography

Milliken was born on March 13, 1947, in Lexington, Kentucky. He studied at the University of Kentucky from where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1970. Later he also attended the and Berkeley Divinity School and the Episcopal Theological Seminary in Kentucky from where he graduated in 1973 with a Master of Divinity. He also studied for a Master of Arts in Theology at Xavier University, which he earned in 1993.

He was ordained deacon on May 26, 1973, and then priest on November 30, 1973. Between 1973 and 1977 he served as vicar of St Matthew's Church before becoming rector of Grace Church in Florence, Kentucky, a position he held until 1998. He then became rector of Grace Church in Hutchinson, Kansas.

On August 21, 2010, Milliken was elected on the second ballot as Bishop of Western Kansas and was consecrated on February 19, 2011. He retained the rectorship of Grace Church in Hutchinson for the first three years of his bishopric. He was succeeded by Mark Cowell on December 1, 2018, ending his term. He was serving as the Assisting Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Kansas from the retirement of Bishop Dean Wolfe until the consecration of Cathleen Chittenden Bascom as the 10th Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Kansas on March 2, 2019. He married Kathleen Smith on August 2, 1969, and together have one son. [1] [2]

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References

  1. ↑ "The Right Reverend Michael Pierce Milliken", Diocese of Western Kansas. Retrieved on January 10, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Western Kansas diocese elects Michael Pierce Milliken as bishop", Episcopal News Service, August 21, 2010. Retrieved on January 10, 2023.


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