Eugene Sutton

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

The Right Reverend Eugene Sutton M.Div.
Bishop of Maryland
Bishop Eugene Sutton
Church	Episcopal Church
Province	III
Diocese	Maryland
Elected	June 29, 2008
In office	2008-present
Predecessor	Robert W. Ihloff
Successor	Incumbent
Orders
Consecration	June 28, 2008 by Katharine Jefferts Schori
Personal details
Born	January 9, 1954 Washington, D.C., United States
Nationality	American
Denomination	Anglican (prev. Baptist)
Spouse	Sonya Subbayya Sutton
Children	4
Alma mater	Hope College Western Theological Seminary Princeton Theological Seminary Sewanee: The University of the South

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 and was ordained as a Minister of Word and Sacrament in the Reformed Church in America. Sutton later continued his graduate studies at the Princeton Theological Seminary. After a few years, he joined the Episcopal Church and completed his Anglican ministry training at the Sewanee: The University of the South School of Theology in 1993.[2]

Ministry

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

See also

• List of Episcopal bishops of the United States
• Historical list of the Episcopal bishops of the United States

References

1. Episcopal Clerical Directory 2013 (2013). New York: Church Publishing Inc. ISBN 978-0-89869-888-6, p. 936.
2. "Rev. Eugene Taylor Sutton". Institute for Sustainable Communities. Retrieved 2020-12-26.

• "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.