Robert Stuart Skirving is the eighth and current bishop of the
Episcopal Diocese of East Carolina
The Episcopal Diocese of East Carolina is a diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States that covers most of eastern North Carolina. The diocese was formed from the existing Diocese of North Carolina on October 9, 1883, by action of the ...
. He was elected on May 17, 2014 and consecrated on November 8, 2014. As a part of his ministry in the wider Episcopal Church, Bishop Skirving also serves as the Chancellor of
Sewanee: The University of the South.
Biography
Skirving was born on August 28, 1960, in
Windsor, Ontario
Windsor is a city in southwestern Ontario, Canada, on the south bank of the Detroit River directly across from Detroit, Michigan, United States. Geographically located within but administratively independent of Essex County, it is the souther ...
,
Canada
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. He studied at the
University of Waterloo in Ontario and graduated with a
Bachelor of Arts
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in philosophy in 1982. He then earned a
Master of Divinity
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from
Huron University College in
London, Ontario
London (pronounced ) is a city in southwestern Ontario, Canada, along the Quebec City–Windsor Corridor. The city had a population of 422,324 according to the 2021 Canadian census. London is at the confluence of the Thames River, approximate ...
in 1986.
He was ordained deacon on May 1, 1986, in
St Paul's Cathedral
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,
London, Ontario
London (pronounced ) is a city in southwestern Ontario, Canada, along the Quebec City–Windsor Corridor. The city had a population of 422,324 according to the 2021 Canadian census. London is at the confluence of the Thames River, approximate ...
, and then a priest on December 17, 1986, in St James' Westminster Church in
London, Ontario
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by
Derwyn Dixon Jones, the
Bishop of Huron
The Diocese of Huron is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario of the Anglican Church of Canada. The diocese comprises just over 31,000 square kilometres in southwestern Ontario, sandwiched between Lake Huron and Lake Erie. Its See ...
. He then became assistant curate at the Church of St John the Evangelist in
London, Ontario
London (pronounced ) is a city in southwestern Ontario, Canada, along the Quebec City–Windsor Corridor. The city had a population of 422,324 according to the 2021 Canadian census. London is at the confluence of the Thames River, approximate ...
. Between 1988 and 1991, he became rector of Advent Church, Redeemer Church, and Trinity Church in
Ridgetown. In 1992, he became rector of St Mark's Church in
Brantford, Ontario
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. In 1998, he graduated with a
Doctor of Ministry from
Seabury-Western Theological Seminary. From 1999 till 2004, he served as rector of Bishop Cronyn Memorial Church in
London, Ontario
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, while in 2005, he became rector of St John's Church in
Midland, Michigan
Midland is a city in and the county seat of Midland County, Michigan. The city's population was 42,547 as of the 2020 census. It is the principal city of the Midland Micropolitan Statistical Area, part of the larger Saginaw-Midland-Bay City Comb ...
, after being received into the Episcopal Church by the Bishop of Eastern Michigan
Edwin M. Leidel Jr.
See also
*
List of Episcopal bishops of the United States
The following is a list of bishops who currently lead dioceses of the Episcopal Church in the United States and its territories. Also included in the list are suffragan bishops, provisional bishops, coadjutor bishops, and assistant bishops. Th ...
*
Historical list of the Episcopal bishops of the United States
References
Living people
Episcopal Church in North Carolina
People from Windsor, Ontario
Religious leaders from North Carolina
University of Waterloo alumni
Sewanee: The University of the South administrators
1960 births
Episcopal bishops of East Carolina
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