Scott Andrew Seely (born 1981) is an American

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bishop. Consecrated in 2020 in the

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(CONNAM), he currently serves as bishop suffragan of the

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(formerly the Anglican Diocese of the West) in the

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Biography

Seely is a native Texan. He received his B.A. in church music from

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in 2003, his M.A. in theology from the

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in 2007, his M.Div. from

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in 2010, and his D.Min. in congregational development from

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in 2019. Prior to his ordination, Seely was youth minister at the Episcopal Church of Reconciliation in

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and as worship leader at Christ Church in the Hill Country in

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. He was ordained in CONNAM's predecessor entity, the Convocation of Anglicans in North America. Since 2010, Seely has been rector of Three Streams Anglican Church in San Antonio. He was appointed canon for church planting and local mission in the Diocese of CANA West in 2013 and made an archdeacon in 2016. In 2020, Seely was elected a suffragan bishop for the diocese by the

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's house of bishops, and consecrated by

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at Holy Trinity Cathedral in

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, on March 20, 2020. In October 2022, new CONNAM bylaws were released, signaling the permanent establishment of CONNAM as an alternative Anglican jurisdiction in the United States and Canada. In response, the Anglican Diocese of the West voted to depart from the Church of Nigeria. The ACNA received Seely and

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into its college of bishops, and the Diocese of the West voted to affiliate with ACNA, although some congregations elected to remain in CONNAM. Seely is married to Miriam and has three children. As a musician, he plays piano, guitar, ukelele and hammered dulcimer.

References

External links

Profile on ADOTW website
1981 births Living people 21st-century Anglican bishops in the United States Bishops of the Anglican Church in North America 21st-century Anglican bishops in Nigeria {{anglican-bishop-stub