Bishops
The Rt. Rev. Lloyd Allen
Diocesan Bishop
The Episcopal Church
The Rt. Rev. Lloyd Allen is the third bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Honduras and the first to be Honduran-born. He became Bishop on October 20, 2001. During his episcopate he has focused on evangelism and empowering women in the church and community.
He was born in the city of Tela, Atlántida Department, on September 25th. He is married to Mrs. Rosa Martínez and has 4 children: Antonio, Kevin, Karitza, and Kyshia.
In 1987 he completed his B.A. in Theology at the University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee. He entered the Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest in 1988 where he was later awarded a Master's Degree in Theology, and the Doctorate of Divinity.
He was ordained to the diaconate in 1989, to the priesthood in 1991, and to the episcopate in 2001.
The Rt. Rev. Stephen Andrews
Bishop
Anglican Church of Canada
The Rt. Rev. Stephen Andrews is the Principal and Helliwell Professor of Biblical Interpretation at Wycliffe College, Toronto. Before taking on this role in 2016, he was Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Algoma. Stephen Andrews was consecrated Bishop in 2009. He was the President and Vice-Chancellor of Thorneloe University, Sudbury, Ontario 2001-2009.
He studied Classics at the University of Colorado and Theology at Regent College and Wycliffe College, where he received his M.Div. He was ordained in the Diocese of Nova Scotia in 1986 and went on to obtain a Ph.D. in Divinity at University the University of Cambridge in 1995. Andrews was the Rector of the Cathedral of St. Alban the Martyr and Dean of the Diocese of Saskatchewan, where he was also Principal of the James Settee College for Ministry, a training initiative for First Nations church leaders. Wycliffe College honoured him with a D.D. in 2010 and Thorneloe University with an S.T.D. in 2016.
Bishop Andrews has been active in the General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada since 1997, serving as Prolocutor and member of the Council of General Synod, and as member of the Anglican Consultative Council. He was Chair of the Faith, Worship, and Ministry Committee, and is a former National Chaplain to the Royal Canadian College of Organists. He was a member of the Primate’s Theological Commission, and Chair of the Ontario Provincial Commission on Theological Education.
Bishop Andrews is married to Fawna, a psychotherapist, and they have two married daughters and a grandson.
The Rt. Rev. John C. Bauerschmidt
Diocesan Bishop
The Episcopal Church
The Rt. Rev. Dr. John Bauerschmidt is the 11th Bishop of Tennessee. A native of South Carolina, he was consecrated bishop in 2007, having previously served parishes in Western Massachusetts, North Carolina, and Louisiana.
He served in the Church of England from 1987 to 1991, and holds a DPhil in theology from Oxford University, where Oliver O’Donovan supervised his work. He has a continuing interest in the early Church (especially Augustine, the subject of his doctoral thesis), as well as in 17th-century Anglicanism. He owes an abiding debt to the Oxford Movement for his spiritual formation. He is president of the Living Church Foundation’s board of directors.
Bishop John is married to Caroline, and they are the parents of three children.
The Rt. Rev. Gregory O. Brewer
Diocesan Bishop
The Episcopal Church
The Rt. Rev. Gregory O. Brewer is the fourth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Central Florida. He was consecrated March 24, 2012, after serving parishes Virginia, Florida, Pennsylvania, and New York. Before his consecration, he served as rector at Calvary-St. George’s Church, a 500-member, multicultural and multiracial, “program-size” parish with landmarked historic buildings in downtown Manhattan.
Brewer was born in Richmond, Virginia, and studied for his B.A. at Lynchburg College. He received his M.Div. from Virginia Theological Seminary in 1976, and he is completing a doctorate at Fuller Theological Seminary and Trinity School for Ministry.
He is married to Laura Lee (neé) Williams of Orlando, and they are the parents of Charles, James, Todd, Lee and Mark.
The Rt. Rev. Brian K. Burgess
Diocesan Bishop
The Episcopal Church
The Rt. Rev. Brian K. Burgess is the Twelfth Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Springfield. He was ordained and consecrated a bishop and seated within the Cathedral Church of St. Paul the Apostle in Springfield, Illinois, on May 21, 2022.
A native of Southwest Florida, Bishop Burgess grew up attending Episcopal day schools and public schools while singing in an Anglican choir of men and boys. He attended Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, where he received a B.S. in Music Education. Before attending seminary, Bishop Burgess served as a law enforcement officer for the Lee County Port Authority Police Department.
Bishop Burgess attended seminary at The University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee, (MDiv., cum laude). As priest, he has served parishes within the Dioceses of Southwest Florida, Louisiana and New Jersey. Throughout these tenures, he served on diocesan council, standing committee, ecumenical and inter-faith relations committee, the Episcopal Community Services board, clerical compensation committee, and fifteen (nonconsecutive) years as dean of a three-county deanery of parishes and missions.
Bishop Burgess is married to his college sweetheart, Denise Lee (née Swing), and together, they have two grown children, Robert Kendall and Catherine Marian.
The Rt. Rev. Francisco Duque-Gómez
Diocesan Bishop
The Episcopal Church
The Rt. Rev. Francisco Duque-Gómez is the fourth bishop of the Diocese of Colombia. He was born September 17, 1950 in Colombia’s “Coffee Zone” of Colombia. The youngest of 13 brothers, he studied Law and Social Sciences in Bogotá and then taught at various universities. He was ordained priest on December 8, 1987, and served as a worker priest in several parishes and missions in the Colombian capital. He was unanimously elected on February 2, 2001 as Bishop Coadjutor and consecrated on July 14 of the same year in the parish of San Albán.
The Rt. Rev. David Edwards
Bishop
Anglican Church of Canada
The Most. Rev. David Edwards was born and educated in Shropshire, England. He studied at Loughborough University and Homerton College, Cambridge, and worked as a high school history teacher before completing diplomas in religious and evangelism studies, followed by a master's degree in applied theology at the University of Kent, Canterbury.
Both prior to and following his ordination in 1995, Bishop Edwards served in ministry in the Chelmsford Diocese in England, including as bishop's advisor in evangelism and in the Parish of High Ongar. He moved to New Brunswick in 1998 to be principal of Taylor College of Evangelism. He has also served in parishes in Saint John, as parish development officer for the Diocese of Fredericton, and as vice chair of Safe Harbour Transitional Youth Services in Saint John.
Bishop Edwards was elected coadjutor bishop in June 2014 and, subsequently, installed as the 10th Bishop of Fredericton in September of that year. He became the 25th Metropolitan of the Ecclesiastical Province of Canada (Dioceses of Montreal and Quebec and those in the Atlantic Provinces) on August 1, 2020. He was awarded an Honourary Doctor of Divinity from Wycliffe College (University of Toronto) in May 2015 and now serves on the college's Board of Trustees. He was married to Janet until her death in 2018. He married Debbie (Collicott) in early 2020.
The Rt. Rev. Adam Halkett
Suffragan Bishop
Anglican Church of Canada
The Rt. Rev. Adam Halkett is the Bishop of Missinippi, or Diocesan Indigenous Bishop. He was consecrated in 2012 as part of a vision called ᒫᒪᐃᐧ ᐃᓯ ᒥᔮᐧᒋᒧᐃᐧᐣ mâmawi isi miywâcimowin – Together in the Gospel. Bishop Hakett was formerly archdeacon of Saskatchewan and priest-in-charge at St Joseph’s, Montreal Lake First Nations; before ordination, he served as a lay reader for 17 years.
The Rt. Rev. Michael Hawkins
Diocesan Bishop
Anglican Church of Canada
The Rt. Rev. Michael W. Hawkins is the current Bishop of Saskatchewan. He was previously, from 2001 to 2009, the Dean of Saskatchewan and Rector of St Alban's Cathedral.
Hawkins studied at Dalhousie University and the University of King's College in Halifax before becoming a Master of Divinity at Trinity College, Toronto. He was ordained as a deacon in 1988 and a priest in June 1989. In 2001 he was appointed rector of St. Alban’s Cathedral, Prince Albert and Dean of Saskatchewan. He was consecrated Bishop of Saskatchewan on 6 May 2009.
In 2009, Hawkins received an honorary doctorate from the University of King's College.
Hawkins is a trustee of the Elliott House of Studies.
The Rt. Rev. Samuel Johnson Howard
Diocesan Bishop
The Episcopal Church
The Rt. Rev. Samuel Johnson Howard is the eighth bishop of the Diocese of Florida.
A former lawyer, Howard radically changed his career by returning to school and graduating from Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria, Virginia, with a Master of Divinity degree. He was ordained deacon in June 1989 and a year later as priest. His first position was assistant to the rector of the Church of the Holy Comforter in Charlotte, North Carolina, then rector of St. James’ Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina.
He served as vicar of Trinity Church Wall Street immediately before his consecration.
A number of initiatives have been taken since he became Bishop of Florida in 2004: Bishop Howard began the Bishop’s Institute for Ministry and Leadership; he implemented college Chaplains programs; he began the Initiative for Evangelism and Growth; and he has supported important, innovative outreach programs within the Diocese. Bishop Howard currently also serves as Chancellor of the University of the South through 2018 in addition to his responsibilities to the Diocese of Florida.
Bishop Howard and his wife Marie have two sons: Augustus is a graduate of Duke University Law School and is currently a doctoral student at the University of Cambridge, while Charles is a doctoral student at the New York Institute of Fine Arts.
The Rt. Rev. Fraser Lawton
Assisting Bishop
The Episcopal Church
The Rt. Rev. Fraser Lawton was the 11th Bishop of Athabasca but is now serving in the Diocese of Dallas.
He was ordained deacon in 1993 and priest in 1994, and served in the Diocese of Athabasca until September of 2019. Called to ministry at a young age, he served in three parishes before being elected bishop on September 19, 2009. He was consecrated and installed on January 2, 2010, at St James’ Cathedral, Peace River.
Bishop Fraser has been a member of the College Council for Emmanuel and St. Chad, the Council of General Synod, the Province of Rupert’s Land Executive Council, every General Synod since 1998, and Provincial Synod. He has also been an advisor for Women’s Aglow (now Aglow), and has led various workshops, including six clergy and lay leadership training events for Anglican Renewal Ministries. He has also served as the Council of the North Vice-Chair, the Episcopal visitor for Anglican Renewal Ministries, and a member of numerous boards and committees.
In September of 2019, he was appointed as the rector of the Church of St. Dunstan in the Diocese of Dallas, and is an assisting bishop with a focus in the Northeast Convocation.
He is married to Veronica, and they have four grown children.
The Rt. Rev. Darren McCartney
Suffragan Bishop
Anglican Church of Canada
The Rt. Rev. Darren McCartney is suffragan bishop in the Diocese of the Arctic. He was ordained deacon in 2003 in the Diocese of the Arctic and as priest in 2004. He returned to his native Ireland in 2006 and served a curacy at St Nicholas, Carrickfergus.
He completed the professionally qualified officers' training course at Sandhurst Military Academy and served as a reserve chaplain in the British Army from 2009 to 2013; he was also Rector of St. Matthias Church, Knocknamuckley from 2009 to 2012.
He was instrumental in re-opening the Arthur Turner Training School within the new St. Jude’s Cathedral in Iqaluit.
The Rt. Rev. Moises Quezada Mota
Diocesan Bishop
The Episcopal Church
The Rt. Rev. Moisés Quezada Mota is Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of the Dominican Republic. He was elected July 20, 2015, at an extraordinary convention of the diocese.
Prior to his election, Bishop Quezada served as vicar of Jesus the Nazarene and Good Samaritan churches in San Francisco de Macorís. He is a graduate of the Center for Theological Studies, the Episcopal seminary in Santo Domingo, and was ordained a priest in 1983.
Bishop Quezada is married to Mary Jeannette Pringle de Quezada. The couple have two children, a daughter and a son.
The Rt. Rev. Joseph Royal
Suffragan Bishop
Anglican Church of Canada
The Rt. Rev. Joseph (Joey) Royal is a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of the Arctic, which encompasses 1.5 million square miles of northern Canada. He oversees theological education for the diocese, including its theological college, the Arthur Turner Training School. He lives in Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada with his wife Jennifer and son Benjamin.
The Rt. Rev. Michael G. Smith
Diocesan Bishop
The Episcopal Church
The Rt. Rev. Michael G. Smith is an Assisting Bishop in the Diocese of Albany. He was the 11th bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of North Dakota, consecrated on May 8, 2004.
An enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation of Oklahoma, Bishop Smith served churches in Oklahoma and Minnesota before coming to North Dakota. He is the Chair of the Bishops’ Native Collaborative, member of the national Indigenous Missioner's Advisory Council, and Chair of the Communion Partner Bishops’ Advisory Committee.
He earned degrees in Psychology, Music, Social Work, and Divinity from Oklahoma State University, Marymount College of Kansas, the University of Oklahoma, and Seabury-Western Theological Seminary, and holds a Doctor of Ministry degree in preaching from Aquinas Institute of Theology in St. Louis. Bishop Smith is a Benedictine Oblate of St. John’s Abbey in Minnesota.
He is married to the Rev. Lisa White Smith, also an Episcopal priest. The couple have three grown children and nine grandchildren.
The Rt. Rev. George R. Sumner
Diocesan Bishop
The Episcopal Church
The Rt. Rev. Dr. George Sumner is the seventh Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Dallas. He has served in cross-cultural ministry in Navajoland and has a doctorate in theology from Yale. Bishop Sumner is married to Stephanie Hodgkins and is father to Marta and Sam.
He was principal of Wycliffe College, University of Toronto, from 1999-2015. His books include The First and the Last (2004), Unwearied Praises (2004), co-written with Jeff Greenman, Being Salt (2007), and a commentary on the book of Daniel for Brazos Press (2013). He is currently working on a book about sin. Bishop Sumner’s pastimes include playing squash and cheering on the Boston Red Sox and the New England Patriots.
Retired Bishops
The Rt. Rev. James M. Adams Jr.
The Rt. Rev. James M. Adams, Jr., was the fourth bishop of Western Kansas.
The Rt. Rev. Julio César Holguín
The Rt. Rev. Julio César Holguín was for 26 years the Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of the Dominican Republic.
The Rt. Rev. Russell E. Jacobus
The Rt. Rev. Russell E. Jacobus was seventh bishop of Fond Du Lac.
The Rt. Rev. Paul E. Lambert
The Rt. Rev. Paul E. Lambert was the seventh suffragan bishop of the Diocese of Dallas.
The Rt. Rev. Edward Stuart Little II
The Rt. Rev. Edward Stuart Little II was seventh bishop of Northern Indiana.
The Rt. Rev. Daniel H. Martins
The Rt. Rev. Daniel Martins was the 11th Bishop of the Diocese of Springfield, which encompasses central and southern Illinois.
The Rt. Rev. Larry Robertson
The Rt. Rev. Larry Robertson was the 11th Bishop of the Yukon.
The Rt. Rev. James M. Stanton
The Rt. Rev. James M. Stanton was sixth bishop of Dallas.
The Rt. Rev. Don A. Wimberly
The Rt. Rev. Don A. Wimberly was Bishop of Lexington, then Bishop of Texas. He served as former chancellor of Sewanee.