Eugene Sutton

The Right Reverend Eugene Sutton
Church	Episcopal Church (United States)
Diocese	Maryland
Appointed	29 June 2008
Orders
Consecration	28 June 2008 by Katharine Jefferts Schori, 26th Presiding Bishop
Personal details
Born	January 9, 1954

Eugene Taylor Sutton (born January 9, 1954^[1]) is the 14th and current Episcopal Bishop of Maryland.

Early life and education

Sutton grew up in Washington, D.C. as a Baptist. He graduated from Hope College in Holland, Michigan, in 1976 and earned a Master of Divinity degree from Western Theological Seminary in the same city.

Ministry

As well as serving parishes in New Jersey and Washington, D.C., Sutton also taught at the Vanderbilt University Divinity School, the General Theological Seminary, and the New Brunswick Theological Seminary.

Episcopate

A convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland held at St James Episcopal Church (Baltimore, Maryland) elected Sutton as bishop on the first ballot. He was consecrated at the Washington National Cathedral on June 28, 2008, where he had served as canon pastor. The first African American bishop for the Diocese of Maryland, Sutton was installed in the Cathedral of the Incarnation (Baltimore) on June 29, 2008.

References

1. Episcopal Clerical Directory 2013 (2013). New York: Church Publishing Inc. ISBN 978-0-89869-888-6, p. 936.

• "The Reverend Canon Eugene T. Sutton". Washington National Cathedral. Archived from the original on 2008-03-27. Retrieved 2008-06-28.
• "Alumni Profiles: Rev. Eugene Sutton". Hope College Department of Political Science. Retrieved 2008-06-28.
• Wan, William (June 29, 2008). "Md. Diocese Consecrates First Black Bishop". Washington Post. p. C7. Retrieved 2008-06-28.