George Dibrell Young III (born September 28, 1955) was the fourth bishop of the
Episcopal Diocese of East Tennessee
The Episcopal Diocese of East Tennessee is the diocese of the Episcopal Church that geographically coincides with the political region known as the Grand Division of East Tennessee. The geographic range of the Diocese of East Tennessee was orig ...
from 2011 until 2017.
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Young was born on September 28, 1955, in
Jacksonville, Florida. He studied at the
Florida State University
Florida State University (FSU) is a public research university in Tallahassee, Florida. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida. Founded in 1851, it is located on the oldest continuous site of higher education in the st ...
and graduated with a
Bachelor of Science in 1978. In 1981 he married the now-Reverend Kathryn Mary Young (''nee'' Beich) and together had two children. He then enrolled at
Seabury-Western Theological Seminary, from which he graduated with a
Master of Divinity
For graduate-level theological institutions, the Master of Divinity (MDiv, ''magister divinitatis'' in Latin) is the first professional degree of the pastoral profession in North America. It is the most common academic degree in seminaries and divi ...
in 1990.
Young was ordained deacon and priest in 1990 by the Bishop of Florida,
Frank S. Cerveny. He then became assistant at St. Giles' Church in
Northbrook, Illinois
Northbrook is a suburb of Chicago, located at the northern edge of Cook County, Illinois, United States, on the border of Lake County, Illinois, Lake County. Per the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 35,222.
When incorpo ...
, and director of religious education. In 1994 he returned to
Florida and became rector of St. Elizabeth's Church in
Jacksonville, Florida. In 1997, he became rector of St Peter’s Church in
Fernandina Beach, Florida
Fernandina Beach is a city in northeastern Florida and the county seat of Nassau County, Florida, Nassau County, Florida, United States. It is the northernmost city on Florida's Atlantic coast, situated on Amelia Island, and is one of the princi ...
, where he remained until 2011.
On February 12, 2011, Young was elected as the fourth Bishop of East Tennessee and was consecrated on June 25, 2011, by Presiding Bishop
Katharine Jefferts Schori at the Church of the Ascension in
Knoxville, Tennessee. He was formally installed at
St John’s Cathedral,
Knoxville, Tennessee, the next day, on June 26, 2011. He retired in December 2017.
"Episcopal bishop to retire at end of ’17"
''Johnson City Press'', 23 April 2016. Retrieved on 22 March 2020.
See also
* List of Episcopal bishops of the United States
* Historical list of the Episcopal bishops of the United States
References
*''Episcopal Clerical Directory'' 2015
External links
Episcopal Church website
1955 births
Living people
Episcopal bishops of East Tennessee
Clergy from Jacksonville, Florida
Florida State University alumni
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