Santosh Marray

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Santosh Marray
Bishop of Easton
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Marray at the 350th anniversary service for Christ Church St. Michaels in 2022.
Church Episcopal Church
Diocese Easton
ElectedJune 11, 2016
In office2016–present
Predecessor James J. Shand
Previous post(s) Bishop of Seychelles (2005-2008)
Assistant Bishop of East Carolina (2009-2012)
Assistant Bishop of Alabama (2012-2016)
Orders
OrdinationJanuary 1981 (deacon)
December 1981 (priest)
ConsecrationApril 5, 2005
by  Remi Rabenirina
Personal details
Born1957 (age 6667)
Nationality Guyanese
Denomination Anglican
ParentsGurdat & Chandrawati Marray
SpouseNalini ‘Lynn’
Children2

Santosh Kumar Marray (born 1957) is the eleventh and current bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Easton. Before this, he served as assistant bishop for both the Diocese of Alabama (2012-2016) and the Diocese of East Carolina (2009-2012). Prior to that, he was Bishop of Seychelles. [1] [2] He was ordained as a priest in 1981, and served in this capacity in Florida, Guyana, and the Bahamas before being consecrated as bishop. [3]

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Biography

Bishop Marray is the third of six children born to the late Gurdat and Chandrawati Marray in Guyana, South America. He was reared as a Hindu, the traditional religion of his parents and ancestors, and converted to Christianity when he was 16 years old while attending a small, rural Anglican church.

He earned a B.A. in theology from the University of West Indies, and a diploma in pastoral studies from Codrington College in Barbados. At Codrington, he was awarded the Bishop Coleridge Prize for the best graduating student in theology. He earned his D.Min. degree from Colgate Rochester Divinity School/Bexley Hall Episcopal Seminary in Rochester, New York, and went on to earn his Master of Laws in canon law from the Cardiff University Centre for Law and Religion in the United Kingdom. He also holds a master's in sacred theology from General Theological Seminary in New York.

In September 2008, the board of governors of Bexley Hall Episcopal Seminary in Columbus, Ohio, awarded Marray the degree of Doctor of Divinity (Honoris Causa) in recognition of his contribution to the church in various parts of the worldwide Anglican Communion.

Marray was ordained as deacon at St. George's Cathedral in Georgetown, Guyana, in January 1981 and, eleven months later, as priest of All Saints’ Church in New Amsterdam, Guyana. He has since served parishes in Guyana, in the Bahamas, Florida and the Seychelles, where he was ordained Bishop of Seychelles.

He was a member of the Anglican Communion Covenant Design Group, charged by the Archbishop of Canterbury to develop and draft an Anglican Covenant for the communion, and he serves the wider Anglican Communion as a pastoral visitor for the Archbishop of Canterbury. [4]

In September, 2012, Bishop Marray accepted the call to the position of Assistant Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Alabama, under the Right Reverend John McKee Sloan. [5]

Marray is married to Nalini, a former schoolteacher; the couple live in Easton. They have two adult children, a daughter, Amanda, and a son, Ingram, who is married to Tenille Barton.

In November 2024, Marray announced that he would retire in 2026, setting in motion an election process for a bishop coadjutor. [6]

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References

  1. "The Rt. Rev. Santosh Marray", Episcopal Church . Retrieved on 19 November 2019.
  2. "Santosh Marray elected as 11th bishop of the Diocese of Easton", Episcopal News Service, 12 June 2016. Retrieved on 19 November 2019.
  3. Biography of Santosh Marray on diocesan website
  4. "BISHOP SANTOSH MARRAY ELEVATED", Christ Church Cathedral. Retrieved on 19 November 2019.
  5. "Marray | Episcopal Diocese of Alabama". dioala.org. Archived from the original on 2013-08-30.
  6. "Easton Bishop Santosh Marray to retire in 2026 as diocese prepares to call new bishop". Episcopal News Service. November 18, 2024. Retrieved 18 November 2024.