R. Stewart Wood

The Right Reverend R. Stewart Wood
IX Bishop of Michigan
Church	Episcopal Church
Diocese	Michigan
Elected	May 7, 1988
In office	1990–November 4, 2000
Predecessor	H. Coleman McGehee Jr.
Successor	Wendell Gibbs
Personal details
Born	June 25, 1934 Detroit, Michigan
Spouse	Kristin Wood
Previous post	Bishop Coadjutor (1988–1990) Rector, St. John's Episcopal Church, Memphis, Tennessee (1984–1988)
Alma mater	Dartmouth College, Virginia Theological Seminary, and Ball State University

Raymond Stewart Wood Jr. (born June 25, 1934) is a bishop in the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. He served the Diocese of Michigan from 1990 to 2000 as its ninth diocesan bishop.

Wood was born and raised in Detroit and graduated from Dartmouth College and Virginia Theological Seminary, as well as Ball State University with a master's degree in counseling and sociology. He is married to Kristin Wood, with whom he has had three children.

Wood served as curate of St. Paul's in Columbus, Indiana, vicar of the Brown County Mission in Bean Blossom, Indiana, associate and rector of Church of All Saints in Indianapolis, and rector of Christ Church in Glendale, Ohio. During this time, he served on various diocesan councils and standing committees, and was a deputy to General Convention from 1970 to 1976 and in 1982. He also directed a diocesan casework and counseling agency in Indianapolis. Wood was elected Bishop Coadjutor on the fifth ballot during a special election held during the Episcopal Diocese of Michigan's 1988 diocesan convention, held at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in Detroit on May 7, 1988.

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