Glenda S. Curry

Glenda S. Curry (born 1953) is bishop coadjutor of the Episcopal Diocese of Alabama. In an earlier career as a nurse and college administrator she was president of Troy State University at Montgomery from 1991 to 1999 where she helped created the Rosa Parks Library and Museum.

The Right Reverend Doctor

Glenda S. Curry
bishop coadjutor of Alabama
ChurchEpiscopal Church
DioceseAlabama
ElectedJanuary 18, 2020
PredecessorKee Sloan
Orders
OrdinationMay 29, 2002 (deacon)
December 3, 2002(priest)
by Henry Nutt Parsley, Jr.
ConsecrationJune 27, 2020
Personal details
Born (1953-06-20) June 20, 1953
NationalityAmerican
DenominationAnglican
SpouseWilliam Curry
Children2
Previous postRector, All Saints' Episcopal Church, Homewood, Alabama (2004-2020) Rector, Episcopal Church of the Epiphany, Leeds, Alabama (2002-2004)
Alma materUniversity of South Carolina

She was the first woman to lead a four-year university in Alabama and the first woman to serve as an Episcopal bishop in Andy of the five Deep South states. She is the oldest woman to be consecrated a bishop in the Episcopal Church. She will succeed Kee Sloan at the end of 2020 becoming the twelfth bishop of Alabama.

Education and Career

Curry was raised in South Carolina and was first introduced to the Episcopal Church while a student at the University of South Carolina in Columbia. Her first career was in nursing. She received a B.S.N. from the University of South Carolina in 1974, a M.S.N. from the University of Alabama in 1979, and a Ph.D. from Oklahoma State University in 1984.

She served on the faculty of the college of nursing at the University of Tulsa (1980-84) and as chairperson of the department of nursing at Southeast Missouri State University (1984-1988). Moving to Alabama, she held several administrative positions at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Troy University before becoming the first woman to lead a four-year university in Alabama in 1991. She served as president of Troy State University at Montgomery until 1999.[1]

She was a parishioner at St. John's Episcopal Church in Montgomery at the time she received her call to ordained ministry.[2] She studied for the ministry at the University of the South receiving the M.Div. (with honors) in 2002. She served as rector of the Episcopal Church of the Epiphany in Leeds, Alabama, from 2002 to 2004, and of All Saints' Episcopal Church in the Birmingham, Alabama, suburb of Homewood from August 1, 2004 to May 31, 2020.

She was elected bishop coadjutor by the Diocese of Alabama on the second ballot on January 18, 2020, at the Cathedral Church of the Advent in Birmingham. There were three other candidates. The election took place during a celebration of the Holy Eucharist observing the Feast of the Confession of St. Peter. She was ordained bishop on June 27, 2020, and will serve as bishop coadjutor until the retirement of Bishop Kee Sloan at the end of 2020. She will be invested as diocesan bishop on January 9, 2021 at the Cathedral Church of the Advent in Birmingham.[3] She is the first woman to serve as a bishop in the Episcopal Church in Alabama.[4] She is also the oldest woman to be consecrated bishop by the Episcopal Church.[5]

Personal Details

She is married to William Curry, M.D., professor of medicine at the University of Alabama in Birmingham. They have two married daughters and seven grandchildren.[1]

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References
  1. "Resume for the Rev. Dr. Glenda S. Curry" (PDF). Search for the 12th Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Alabama. Retrieved June 2, 2020.
  2. Prickett, Sam (2020-02-18). "Answering the Call: All Saints Rector Preparing to Fill Role as the First Female Episcopal Bishop". Over the Mountain Journal. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  3. "The Rev. Dr. Glenda Curry Elected Bishop Coadjutor". The Episcopal Diocese of Alabama Bishop Search & Transition. Retrieved 2020-02-10.
  4. SCHNADER, INGRID (2020-04-24). "Embracing her call to lead: Homewood rector to become 1st female bishop in Episcopal Diocese of Alabama". thehomewoodstar.com. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  5. Bains, David R. (2020-06-19). "Oldest Bishops in the Episcopal Church at Time of Their Consecration". Chasing Churches. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
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