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Bruce Edward Caldwell (born July 8, 1947) is an American
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of the Episcopal Church who served as Bishop of Wyoming from 1997 to 2010.


Early life and education

Caldwell was born on July 8, 1947, in
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, the son of the Reverend Robert M. Caldwell and Lois Caldwell. He studied at the
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, graduating with a
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, and then at the
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, graduating with a Master of Divinity in 1978.


Ordained ministry

Caldwell was ordained deacon in June 1978 and priest in March 1979, by Bishop E. Paul Haynes. He then served as assistant at St John's Church in
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between 1978 and 1984, and then rector of St James' House of Prayer in Tampa between 1984 and 1989. Like his predecessor in Wyoming, Caldwell also spent time in
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between 1989 and 1991 serving as rector of St Stephen's Church in
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. In 1991, he became rector of St George's Church in Bismarck, North Dakota, where he remained until 1997.


Bishop

On June 7, 1997, during a convention held in St Matthew's Cathedral, Caldwell was elected the eighth Bishop of Wyoming on the forth ballot. He was then consecrated on September 26, 1997, by Bishop James E. Krotz of Nebraska. After retirement from Wyoming in 2010, Caldwell has also served as Assistant Bishop in the Diocese of New York and as interim spiritual leader of St. Mark's Cathedral in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In 2016, Caldwell was called upon to serve as bishop provisional in the Diocese of Lexington after its diocesan bishop, Douglass Hahn, was suspended, and later resigned, as a result of misleading the diocesan search committee. Caldwell served the diocese of Lexington until April 2018."Bruce Caldwell to be provisional bishop of Lexington"
''Episcopal News Service'', May 20, 2016. Retrieved on April 29, 2021.


See also

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* Historical list of the Episcopal bishops of the United States


References

1947 births Living people People from Painesville, Ohio Virginia Theological Seminary alumni General Theological Seminary alumni University of South Florida alumni Episcopal bishops of Lexington Episcopal bishops of Wyoming {{US-Anglican-bishop-stub