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5 unusual facts about presiding bishop


Eliza Griswold

Eliza Griswold is the daughter of Frank Griswold, the 25th Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church.

Presiding Bishop

Along with the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, the Presiding Bishopric is a part of the Council on the Disposition of the Tithes, a quorum which oversees and authorizes the expenditure of all tithing funds.

The current presiding bishop of the Church Of God In Christ is Bishop Charles E. Blake, pastor of West Angeles Church Of God In Christ in Los Angeles, CA.

A man recognized as a "literal descendent of Aaron" (or Kohanim) can, under the direction of the First Presidency, hold the office of Presiding Bishop alone, without counselors.

Bishop Charles E. Blake was appointed the seventh in succession as Presiding Bishop by the General Assembly of the Church Of God In Christ on November 12, 2007.


General Convention of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America

The presiding officer of the House of Bishops is the Presiding Bishop.

Henry N. Parsley, Jr.

In January 2006, Bishop Parsley was nominated for Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, and came in second in balloting to Katharine Jefferts Schori during voting at the General Convention of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America in Columbus, Ohio.

Old Roman Catholic Church in North America

The Most Reverend Francis P. Facione is the Titular Archbishop of Devon and the current Presiding Bishop of this Independent Catholic denomination.


see also

Albion W. Knight

His son, Albion W. Knight, Jr., also became a minister in the Episcopal Church, before joining the United Episcopal Church of North America and becoming its presiding bishop.

Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches

The Rev. Will L. Herzfeld, an associate of Martin Luther King, Jr. and former president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference's Alabama chapter, served as the AELC's second and last presiding bishop.

Bradford, Massachusetts

Leonard W. Hardy, Presiding Bishop of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Elizabeth Eaton

She was consecrated as presiding bishop on October 5, 2013 at Rockefeller Chapel in Hyde Park (Chicago, IL).

Emmanuel Milingo

The others were Archbishop Peter Paul Brennan of the African Orthodox Church and the Ecumenical Catholic Diocese of the Americas, who according to one website was first consecrated a bishop on June 10, 1978, and subsequently reconsecrated in October 1979 and twice more in March 1987; Archbishop Patrick E. Trujillo of the Old Catholic Church in America and Archbishop Joseph J. Gouthro of Las Vegas, presiding bishop of the Catholic Apostolic Church International (CACI).

Harold Burton

H. David Burton (born 1938), the 13th Presiding Bishop of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Joseph Wirthlin

Joseph L. Wirthlin (1893–1965), American presiding bishop in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Mary Adelia McLeod

The Principal Consecrator was Edmond L. Browning, the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church at that time.

United Episcopal Church of North America

William White, as first Bishop of Pennsylvania, and 1st and 4th Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, who in 1832 consecrated

Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil

UCSG was created on May 17, 1962, at the request of the board of Catholic college pro presiding Bishop Cesar Antonio Mosquera Corral, Archbishop of Guayaquil, the jurist Dr. Leonidas Ortega Moreira and P. Joachim Flor Vásconez SJ, who were its founding authorities, as Chancellor, first president and director, respectively.

Wirthlin

Joseph L. Wirthlin (1893–1963), the eighth presiding bishop of The LDS Church