John McKee "Kee" Sloan (born November 13, 1955) is an
American
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prelate who served most recently as the eleventh
Bishop of Alabama
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.
Biography
A native of Vicksburg, Mississippi, Sloan received his Bachelor of Science degree in Sociology from Mississippi State University in 1976 and his Master of Divinity degree from the School of Theology at the
University of the South
The University of the South, familiarly known as Sewanee (), is a private Episcopal liberal arts college in Sewanee, Tennessee. It is owned by 28 southern dioceses of the Episcopal Church, and its School of Theology is an official seminary of ...
in Sewanee, Tennessee, in 1981.
Before being elected Alabama’s Bishop Suffragan in 2008, Sloan served as Curate for Holy Cross in Olive Branch and St. Timothy’s in
Horn Lake, Mississippi
Horn Lake is a city in DeSoto County, Mississippi, United States. It is located south of Memphis, Tennessee. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the population of Horn Lake was 26,066, up from 14,099 in 2000.
Geography
Horn Lake is bordered to the nort ...
(1981–83; both in the
Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis is a city in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is the seat of Shelby County in the southwest part of the state; it is situated along the Mississippi River. With a population of 633,104 at the 2020 U.S. census, Memphis is the second-mos ...
metropolitan area); as Vicar of the Church of the Incarnation in West Point, Mississippi (1983–86); as Rector of All Saints’ Episcopal Church in
Grenada, Mississippi
Grenada is a city in Grenada County, Mississippi, Grenada County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 13,092 at the United States Census, 2010, 2010 census. It is the county seat of Grenada County, Mississippi, Grenada County.
History
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(1986–90); as Chaplain at the University of Mississippi and Assistant Rector at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in
Oxford, Mississippi
Oxford is a city and college town in the U.S. state of Mississippi. Oxford lies 75 miles (121 km) south-southeast of Memphis, Tennessee, and is the county seat of Lafayette County. Founded in 1837, it was named after the British city of Oxf ...
(1990–93); and as Rector of St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church in
Huntsville, Alabama
Huntsville is a city in Madison County, Limestone County, and Morgan County, Alabama, United States. It is the county seat of Madison County. Located in the Appalachian region of northern Alabama, Huntsville is the most populous city in t ...
(1993–2007). In 2011, Sloan was elected as the 11th Diocesan Bishop of the Diocese of Alabama, being invested in January, 2012.
In 1987, Sloan married the former Tina Brown of
Leland, Mississippi
Leland is a city in Washington County, Mississippi, United States. It is located within the Mississippi Delta, on the banks of Deer Creek. The population was 4,481 at the 2010 census. It was once a railway town and had long been a center of cott ...
; they met at a Special Session, a summer camp for people with mental and physical disabilities at Camp Bratton-Green, the Episcopal church camp in the Mississippi diocese. In 1989 their son McKee was born, and in 1994 their daughter Mary Nell was born.
Sloan has participated in many mission trips to Honduras. Within the diocese, Sloan has previously served as director of Special Session, housed at the diocese's Camp McDowell, after founding the program in the Diocese of Alabama.
Kee Sloan is the author of two semi-autobiographical books, ''Jabbok'' and its sequel ''Beulah''.
Sloan retired from the Alabama diocese in January 2021, his successor,
Glenda S. Curry, having been elected and consecrated during 2020.
See also
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List of Episcopal bishops of the United States
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Historical list of the Episcopal bishops of the United States
References
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Living people
People from Vicksburg, Mississippi
1955 births
Episcopal bishops of Alabama
Sewanee: The University of the South alumni