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David Rice (bishop)

David Rice (bishop)

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David C. Rice is an American Anglican bishop and former Methodist minister. Since 2017, he has been bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of San Joaquin, Episcopal Church (United States): he had been its provisional bishop from 2014 to 2017. From 2008 to 2014, he was the 15th Bishop of Waiapu in the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia.[1][2] He was consecrated on 7 June 2008.[3] He was previously Dean of Dunedin.[4]

Biography

Born in Lexington, North Carolina,[5] he was educated at Lenoir-Rhyne University and Duke University.

Initially a Methodist minister, he was received into the Anglican Church in 1998 and served at Mt Herbert parish before his appointment to the deanery.

Rice resigned his New Zealand bishopric in 2014 to stand for election as provisional bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of San Joaquin in California. He was duly elected and was then formally seated as provisional bishop on March 29, 2014.[6] On March 4, 2017, he was elected as diocesan bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of San Joaquin, having been the only nominee.[7]

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References

  1. [1]
    Anglican Communion
  2. [2]
    Anglican Diocese of Waiapu[permanent dead link]
  3. [3]
    Scoop NZ
  4. [4]
    Hawkes Bay Today
  5. [5]
    "New Anglican Bishop of Waiapu". The New Zealand Herald. 9 March 2008. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
  6. [6]
    David Rice elected, seated as bishop provisional Archived 27 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Episcopal News Service, March 31, 2014. Retrieved August 26, 2014
  7. [7]
    Conger, George (9 March 2017). "David Rice elected bishop of Episcopal Diocese of San Joaquin". Anglican Ink. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
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