Christopher Epting
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The Right Reverend C. Christopher Epting |
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| VIII Bishop of Iowa | |
| Church | Episcopal Church |
| See | Iowa |
| In office | September 27, 1988 – April 15, 2001 |
| Predecessor | Walter C. Righter |
| Successor | Alan Scarfe |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | November, 1972 |
| Consecration | September 27, 1988 by Edmond L. Browning, Presiding Bishop |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
November 26, 1946 Greenville, South Carolina, USA |
Carl Christopher Epting (born November 26, 1946) is a bishop in the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. He served the Diocese of Iowa as coadjutor bishop and diocesan bishop from 1988–2001, and as the Deputy for Ecumenical and Interreligious Relations for the Episcopal Church from 2001-2009. He then served as the Assistant Bishop of the Diocese of Chicago from November 2011 through December 2015 before retiring.
Epting was born in Greenville, South Carolina and was raised in Orlando, Florida.
He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Florida, a Master of Divinity degree from Seabury-Western Theological Seminary and a Master of Sacred Theology degree from General Theological Seminary. He did his Clinical Pastoral Education at the University of Iowa. He married Pamela Flagg in 1969 and they were married until her death in 2000. In 2001, he married Susanne Watson, a deacon. Epting was ordained a deacon in April, 1972, and a priest in November of the same year.
Epting served 16 years in parish ministry in the Diocese of Central Florida. He had been a curate at Holy Trinity Church in Melbourne, a vicar at parishes in Mulberry and Lakeland, and a Canon Residentiary at St. John’s Cathedral in Jacksonville.
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