Kevin S. Brown

Kevin S. Brown is the eleventh and current bishop of the Episcopal Church in the U.S. state of Delaware, presiding over the Episcopal Diocese of Delaware.

The Right Reverend

Kevin S. Brown

D.D., M.B.A.
Bishop of Delaware
ChurchEpiscopal Church
DioceseDelaware
ElectedJuly 15, 2017
In office2017-present
PredecessorWayne P. Wright
Orders
Ordination2007
ConsecrationDecember 9, 2017
by Michael Curry
Personal details
BornAsheville, North Carolina, United States
NationalityAmerican
DenominationAnglican
SpouseCaroline Coolidge Brown
Children2

Biography

Brown was raised in Asheville, North Carolina. He studied at Duke University and graduated with a double major in Psychology and Mathematics in 1991. In 1996, he graduated with a Master of Business Administration from the University of West Florida. He also served as an Acquisitions Officer in the United States Air Force, after which he moved to Memphis, Tennessee, where he worked in finance and marketing. [1]

He earned his Master of Divinity from the General Theological Seminary in 2007 and was ordained deacon and priest. That same year, he became rector of Grace Church in Paris, Tennessee, and in 2010 became rector of the Church of the Holy Comforter in Charlotte, North Carolina. He was elected on July 15, 2017 on the fifth ballot, and was consecrated on December 9, 2017 by Presiding Bishop Michael Curry.[2] He received a Doctor of Divinity from General Theological Seminary. [3]

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References

  1. "The Rt. Rev. Kevin S. Brown". episcopalchurch.org. 12 December 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  2. "Delaware's Episcopalians elect Kevin Brown as 11th bishop". episcopalnewsservice.org/. 17 July 2017. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
  3. "Kevin Brown". gts.edu/. 2017. Retrieved 9 November 2019.



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