Carolyn Tanner Irish
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The Most Reverend Carolyn Tanner Irish |
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| 10th Bishop of Utah | |
| Church | The Episcopal Church in the United States (TEC) |
| Province | Province VIII |
| Diocese | Diocese of Utah |
| In office | 1996–2010 |
| Predecessor | George E. Bates |
| Successor | Scott B. Hayashi |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1983 (deacon) 1984 (priest) |
| Consecration | 1996 by Edmond L. Browning |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Carolyn Tanner |
| Born | April 14, 1940 |
| Nationality | American |
| Denomination | Anglican (formerly LDS) |
| Parents | Obert C. Tanner and Grace Adams |
| Spouse |
(1) Leon E. Irish (m. 1960, div. 1988) (2) Frederick Quinn (m. 2001) |
Carolyn Tanner Irish (born April 14, 1940) is a retired American bishop. She was the 10th Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Utah. At the time of her election and consecration in 1996 she became the fourth woman in the Episcopal Church to hold the office of bishop.
Irish received a B.A. degree with high honors in philosophy from the University of Michigan in 1962 after having transferred from Stanford University where she began her studies in 1958. Also at Michigan she was granted membership in the Phi Kappa Phi Honorary Society. In 1968, she earned a Master of Letters (M.Litt) degree in moral philosophy from the University of Oxford. Having enrolled in seminary in 1979, Irish received a Master of Divinity (M.Div) degree, cum laude, from the Virginia Theological Seminary in 1983. She holds honorary doctoral degrees from Virginia Theological Seminary, Westminster College in Salt Lake City, the University of Utah, The Church Divinity School of the Pacific, the Salt Lake Community College, and Utah State University.
Irish was born in 1940 and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah, daughter of Utah businessman, philanthropist, and University of Utah philosophy professor Obert Clark Tanner. During her upbringing, her family was active in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, but she stopped attending church after she left home for college. In 1960, while at Stanford University, she married Leon E. Irish, another Stanford student, who later earned a law degree from the University of Michigan and a D.Phil. from Oxford University. She studied at Linacre College, Oxford, where she is an honorary fellow. Together they have four children; Stephen, Jessica, Thomas, and Emily.
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