Alan Scarfe (Episcopal bishop)
| Right Reverend Alan Scarfe, D.D. |
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| IX Bishop of Iowa | |
| Church | Episcopal Church |
| See | Iowa |
| In office | April 5, 2003 – Present |
| Predecessor | C. Christopher Epting |
| Successor | Incumbent |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | December, 1986 |
| Consecration | April 5, 2003 by Rt. Rev. James Jelinek |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
May 3, 1950 Bradford, Yorkshire, England |
Alan Scarfe (born May 3, 1950) is a bishop in the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. He is the ninth and current bishop of the Diocese of Iowa since 2003.
Bishop Scarfe was born in Bradford, Yorkshire, England. He earned a Master of Arts degree in theology from Oxford University, England in 1972. He completed post-graduate studies at the Romanian Orthodox Institute in Bucharest, Romania in 1975.
On August 23, 1975, he married his wife Donna and they have four children. Prior to his studies for the priesthood he was the chief executive officer of Keston College USA, which is an independent research institution advocating freedom of religion in communist countries. He was also a lecturer at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois.
In 1986 he received a master's degree in sacred theology from the General Theological Seminary. He was ordained a deacon in February 1986 and a priest in December of the same year. After ordination he served St. Columba’s Church in Camarillo, California. He was serving as the rector of St. Barnabas Church in Los Angeles when he was elected bishop. He also served on various boards and committees for the Diocese of Los Angeles while he was involved in parochial ministry.
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