Samuel Howard (bishop)

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The Right Reverend

Samuel Johnson Howard

D.D.
Bishop of Florida
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Church Episcopal Church
Diocese Florida
ElectedMay 16, 2003
In office2004–present
Predecessor Stephen H. Jecko
Orders
Ordination1990
ConsecrationNovember 1, 2003
by  Charles Jenkins
Personal details
Born (1951-09-08) September 8, 1951 (age 72)
North Carolina, United States
Nationality American
Denomination Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America
SpouseMartha Marie
Children2
Previous post(s)Coadjutor Bishop of Florida (2003-2004)

Samuel Johnson Howard (born September 8, 1951) is the eighth and current bishop of the Diocese of Florida in the U.S. Episcopal Church. [1] Howard was elected bishop coadjutor on May 16, 2003, and entered office on January 29, 2004. He intends to retire in late 2023. [2]

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Early career

Howard was born on September 8, 1951, and is a North Carolina native. He is a 1973 graduate of Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, and has been married to his wife, Martha Marie, since 1974. They have two grown sons, Augustus and Charles.

Howard graduated from the Wake Forest University School of Law in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, in 1976. He practiced law in Raleigh, North Carolina, from 1976 to 1986. He also worked on the staff of the Commerce Committee of the United States Senate.

Religious career

Howard radically changed his career by returning to school and graduating from Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria, Virginia, with a Master of Divinity degree. He was ordained as a deacon in June 1989 and a year later was ordained as a priest. His first position was assistant to the rector of the Church of the Holy Comforter in Charlotte, North Carolina, then rector of St. James' Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina. [3]

Howard served as vicar of Trinity Church Wall Street from December 1997 until going to Florida in 2003.

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References

  1. ↑ St. John's Cathedral website: Bishop Howard biography Archived October 10, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ lwilson (July 29, 2022). "The Rev. Charlie Holt to begin ministry in the Diocese of Florida". Episcopal News Service. Retrieved July 30, 2022.
  3. ↑ Rutgers University Andromeda project: Samuel Johnson Howard bio Archived October 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
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