Eugene Sutton
Eugene Taylor Sutton (born January 9, 1954)[1] is an American Episcopal clergyman currently serving as the 14th Episcopal Bishop of Maryland.
The Right Reverend Eugene Sutton | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Maryland | |
_(cropped).jpg.webp) Sutton in 2011 | |
| Church | Episcopal Church |
| Province | III |
| Diocese | Maryland |
| Elected | June 29, 2008 |
| In office | 2008–present |
| Predecessor | Robert W. Ihloff |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | June 28, 2008 by Katharine Jefferts Schori |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 9, 1954 Washington, D.C., US |
| Denomination | Anglican (prev. Baptist) |
| Spouse | Sonya Subbayya Sutton |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | Hope College Western Theological Seminary Princeton Theological Seminary Sewanee: The University of the South |
Early life and education
Sutton grew up in Washington, D.C., in a Baptist family. In 1976 he graduated from Hope College in Holland, Michigan. He later earned a Master of Divinity degree from Western Theological Seminary in the same city and was ordained as a Minister of Word and Sacrament in the Reformed Church in America. Sutton continued his graduate studies at Princeton Theological Seminary, and after a few years joined the Episcopal Church, completing his Anglican ministry training in 1993 at the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee.[2]
Career
Sutton served in parishes in New Jersey and Washington, D.C., and taught at the New Brunswick Theological Seminary, the Vanderbilt University Divinity School and the General Theological Seminary.
On June 28, 2008, he was consecrated as Bishop of Maryland, having been elected at the previous diocesan convention on the first ballot. The consecration was held at the Washington National Cathedral, where Sutton had served as canon pastor. He became the first African American bishop for the Diocese of Maryland, and was installed in the Cathedral of the Incarnation (Baltimore) on June 29, 2008.
On September 17, 2021, he announced his intention to retire in 2024.[3] He will be succeeded by the Rev. Canon Carrie Schofield-Broadbent, who was elected bishop coadjutor in 2023.[4]
See also
References
- Episcopal Clerical Directory 2013 (2013). New York: Church Publishing Inc. ISBN 978-0-89869-888-6, p. 936.
- "Rev. Eugene Taylor Sutton". Institute for Sustainable Communities. Retrieved 2020-12-26.
- Episcopal Diocese of Maryland, Search for the Fifteenth Bishop of Maryland. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
- Episcopal News Service, "Maryland diocese elects Carrie Schofield-Broadbent bishop coadjutor", 27 March 2023. Retrieved 31 March 2023.