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Consecrated June 17, 2000
Diocese of North Carolina
XI Bishop of North Carolina
Born Chicago, Illinois. Deacon-in-charge, St. Stephen’s Church, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Rector St. Simon of Cyrene, Lincoln Heights, Ohio. Rector, St. James Church, Baltimore, Maryland. Extensive involvement in Crisis Control Ministry. Founder of ecumenical summer day camps for children, the Absalom Jones Initiative, and networks of family daycare providers. Broker of funds for investment in inner city neighborhoods. National preaching and teaching ministry, featured on The Protestant Hour. Chair, Advisory Committee for Black Ministries.