Todd Ousley

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Todd Ousley

D.Min.
Bishop for the Office of Pastoral Development
Church Episcopal Church
AppointedApril 2017
In office2017-present
Predecessor Frank Clayton Matthews
Orders
OrdinationFebruary 1, 1992
by  Maurice Benitez
ConsecrationSeptember 9, 2006
by  Wendell Gibbs
Personal details
Born Palestine, Texas, United States
Nationality American
Denomination Anglican
SpouseAnn
Children3
Previous post(s) Coadjutor Bishop of Eastern Michigan (2006)
Bishop of Eastern Michigan (2006-2017)

Todd Ousley is an American prelate of the Episcopal Church who is the current bishop for the Office of Pastoral Development. Between 2006 and 2017, he also served as the second bishop of Eastern Michigan.

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Biography

Ousley was born in Waco, Texas, and studied at Texas A&M University between 1979 and 1981 and again in 1984 when he earned a Master of Arts. He also graduated from Baylor University in 1983. He graduated with a Master of Divinity from the Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest in 1991, and a Doctor of Ministry in congregational development from Seabury-Western Theological Seminary in 2004. [1]

He was ordained to the priesthood on February 1, 1992. He served as curate at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Austin, Texas between 1991 and 1993. He then became rector of the Church of the Holy Comforter in Angleton, Texas in 1993, while in 1997, he became rector of St Francis' Church in Temple, Texas. In 2001 he became canon to the ordinary at Episcopal Diocese of Eastern Michigan.

On May 6, 2006, Ousley was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Eastern Michigan and was consecrated as a bishop on September 9, 2006. He resigned his post in 2017 after he was named Bishop for the Office of Pastoral Development. [2]

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References

  1. "EASTERN MICHIGAN: Steven Todd Ousley consecrated bishop coadjutor", Episcopal News Service, 24 September 2006. Retrieved on 7 September 2020.
  2. "Bishop Todd Ousley named Bishop for the Office of Pastoral Development", Episcopal Church, 12 April 2017. Retrieved on 7 September 2020.