Brian Lee Cole

Brian Lee Cole is an American prelate of the Episcopal Church who is the current Bishop of East Tennessee.

The Right Reverend

Brian Lee Cole
Bishop of East Tennessee
ChurchEpiscopal Church
DioceseEast Tennessee
ElectedJune 28, 2017
In office2017-present
PredecessorGeorge D. Young III
Orders
Ordination2002
ConsecrationDecember 2, 2017
by Michael Curry
Personal details
BornMissouri, United States
NationalityAmerican
DenominationAnglican
SpouseSusan Weatherford
Children1

Education

Cole was born in Missouri and was educated at Murray State University in Kentucky, from which he graduated with a degree in business administration in 1989. He spent time employed with the Appalachian Ministries Educational Resource Center in Berea, Kentucky. He also studied at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, from which he graduated with a Master of Divinity in 1992. In 2001 he also completed studies at Sewanee: The University of the South, where he focused on Anglican Church History. He also undertook further studies in Art and Prayer at the General Theological Seminary in 2006, and also Liturgics in Asheville, North Carolina between 2002 and 2005.[1] He was awarded an honorary Doctor of Divinity in 2019, from the University of the South.

Ordained ministry

Cole was ordained priest in 2002 and served as vicar at Church of the Advocate in Asheville, North Carolina. In 2005 he then became sub-dean of the Cathedral of All Souls in Asheville, while in 2012 he accepted the position of rector of the Church of the Good Shepherd in Lexington, Kentucky.[2]

Cole was elected Bishop of East Tennessee on June 28, 2017, during the 33rd Annual diocesan Convention. He was then consecrated on December 2, 2017 at the Church of the Ascension in Knoxville, Tennessee by the Presiding Bishop Michael Curry.[3]

References
  1. "The Rt. Rev. Brian Lee Cole", The Episcopal Church. Retrieved on 22 March 2020.
  2. "Episcopal Diocese of East Tennessee to ordain fifth bishop in Saturday ceremony", Knox News, 17 December 2019. Retrieved on 22 March 2020.
  3. "Brian Lee Cole ordained and consecrated as fifth bishop of East Tennessee", Episcopal News Service, 5 December 2017. Retrieved on 22 March 2020.
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