Kenneth Lester Price Jr. (born 1943) is an

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prelate of the Episcopal Church, who served as Suffragan Bishop of Southern Ohio between 1994 and 2012, and Provisional Bishop of Pittsburgh between 2009 and 2012. Since 2015, he has served as Assistant Bishop of Southern Ohio.

Early life and education

Price was born in

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in 1943. He studied at the

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and graduated with a

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in 1965. This was followed by a period of study at the

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, which led him to earn his

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in 1968. He also graduated with a

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in Counseling from

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in 1974. He was warded a

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from the

in 1995.

Ordained Ministry

Price was ordained deacon and priest in 1968 in the

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. He then served as curate, and then rector, of Trinity Church in

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. Later, he served as rector of St Andrew's Church in

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. He then became Archdeacon of West Virginia, and rector of St Matthew's Church in

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Bishop

On June 25, 1994, Price was elected Suffragan Bishop of Southern Ohio on the third ballot. He was then consecrated on October 29, 1994, in Christ Church Cathedral by Presiding Bishop Edmond L. Browning. He served as interim bishop of Southern Ohio between 2005 and 2007, in the absence of a diocesan bishop. On September 3, 2009, Price was elected Provisional Bishop of Pittsburgh, and served in that capacity, in addition to remaining Suffragan of Southern Ohio, till 2012, when he retired from both posts."Bishop Kenneth Price Nominated to Become Provisional Bishop of the Diocese of Pittsburgh"
''Diocese of Forth Worth'', 9 March 2009. Retrieved on 16 December 2020. In 2015, he became an Assistant Bishop in Southern Ohio. After the retirement of diocesan bishop Tom Breidenthal late in 2020, he was called to offer interim leadership there under the title "Bishop in Southern Ohio" while retaining the canonical status of an assistant bishop and working under the authority of the Standing Committee of the diocese.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Price, Kenneth Lester Jr. Living people 1943 births West Virginia University alumni General Theological Seminary alumni Episcopal bishops of Southern Ohio Episcopal bishops of Pittsburgh Religious leaders from Charleston, West Virginia