Anne Hodges-Copple

Anne Elliott Hodges-Copple is sixth and current Suffragan Bishop of North Carolina.[1]

The Right Reverend

Anne Hodges-Copple
Suffragan Bishop of North Carolina
ChurchEpiscopal Church
DioceseNorth Carolina
ElectedJanuary 25, 2013
In office2013–present
PredecessorJ. Gary Gloster
Other post(s)Bishop pro tempore of North Carolina (2015-2017)
Orders
Ordination1988
ConsecrationJune 15, 2013
by Katharine Jefferts Schori
Personal details
Born
Anne Elliott Hodges

Texas, United States
NationalityAmerican
DenominationAnglican
SpouseJohn Hodges-Copple
Children3
Alma materDuke University
Pacific School of Religion

Biography

Anne graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Duke University in 1979. After working as a community organizer for several years following graduation, she earned a Master of Divinity from Pacific School of Religion in 1984. She was ordained deacon in 1987 and priest in 1988, and served as assistant of St Luke's Church in Durham, North Carolina until 1992. She then became the Episcopal chaplain to Duke University until 2005, when she returned to St Luke's Church as rector.

Anne was elected on January 25, 2013, as Suffragan Bishop of North Carolina. She was consecrated as a bishop on June 15, 2013.[2] From November 1, 2015, until July 15, 2017, she served as Bishop Pro Tempore of the Diocese of North Carolina, due to the resignation of Michael Bruce Curry to become the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church. She returned to bishop suffragan upon the consecration of Samuel Sewall Rodman III as 12th Bishop Diocesan of North Carolina. Hodges-Copple is the first female bishop in the Diocese of North Carolina.[3] On February 22, 2022 she announced her retirement as of December 2022.[4]

See also

References
  1. "The Bishops of North Carolina". The Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina. Retrieved April 10, 2017.
  2. "Anne Hodges-Copple ordained as North Carolina's bishop suffragan". Episcopal News Service. The Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society. June 17, 2013.
  3. "Anne Hodges-Copple ordained as North Carolina's bishop suffragan". Episcopal News Service. 2013-06-17. Retrieved 2019-02-14.
  4. "The Rt. Rev. Anne Hodges-Copple Announces Retirement at End of 2022". 2022-02-22. Retrieved 2022-02-22.


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