Joseph Scott Barker

Joseph Scott Barker (born June 11, 1963) is an American Episcopal clergyman, and the eleventh and current Bishop of Nebraska.

The Right Reverend

Joseph Scott Barker
ChurchEpiscopal Church
DioceseNebraska
AppointedJune 4, 2011
In office2011–present
PredecessorJoe Goodwin Burnett
Orders
OrdinationDecember 21, 1992
by James E. Krotz
ConsecrationOctober 8, 2011
by Katharine Jefferts Schori
Personal details
Born (1963-06-11) June 11, 1963
Omaha, Nebraska, United States
NationalityAmerican
DenominationAnglican
Spouse
Anne E. Barker
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(m. 1998)​
Children2
EducationBerkeley Divinity School
Alma materYale College

Biography

Barker was born in Omaha, Nebraska. He graduated from Yale College in 1985 with a Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies, and from Berkeley Divinity School at Yale in 1992 with an Master of Divinity in Anglican Studies. At Berkeley, he was awarded the Mersick prize for effective public address and preaching, and the Tweedy Prize for exceptional promise as a pastoral leader.[1][2]

Barker served as Assistant to the Dean and Canon Vicar at Trinity Cathedral in Omaha from 1992 to 1997, Rector of Church of the Resurrection in Omaha from 1997 to 2002, and Rector of Christ Church in Warwick, New York from 2002 to 2011.[3][4]

Barker was consecrated on October 8, 2011, in La Vista, Nebraska, and is the 1,060th bishop in the American succession.

See also

References
  1. Episcopal Clerical Directory 2013 New York: Church Publishing Incorporated, 2013. Print
  2. "The Reverend J. Scott Barker" (PDF). Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  3. McCaughan, Pat. "J. Scott Barker becomes 11th bishop of Nebraska diocese". Episcopal News Service. Episcopal News Service. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
  4. "Bishop J. Scott Barker". Diocese of Nebraska. Diocese of Nebraska. Retrieved 28 February 2021.


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