Wendell Gibbs
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Right Reverend Wendell Nathaniel Gibbs, Jr. SCP |
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| X Bishop of Michigan | |
Bishop Gibbs in 2012
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| Church | Episcopal Church |
| Diocese | Michigan |
| Elected | October 2, 1999 |
| In office | November 4, 2000 - Present |
| Predecessor | R. Stewart Wood |
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| Ordination | June 1987 |
| Consecration | February 5, 2000 by Arthur Benjamin Williams, Jr. |
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March 21, 1954 Washington, D.C. |
| Denomination | Episcopal |
| Residence | Detroit, Michigan |
| Spouse | Karlah Ambrose York (married 1989–present) |
| Children | 2 |
| Previous post |
Bishop Coadjutor (1999-2000) Rector (1993-1999) |
| Alma mater | Towson University and Seabury-Western Theological Seminary |
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Ordination history of Wendell Gibbs |
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Episcopal consecration
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| Principal consecrator | Arthur Benjamin Williams, Jr. |
| Date of consecration | February 5, 2000 |
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Bishops consecrated by Wendell Gibbs as principal consecrator
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| Steven Miller | October 18, 2003 |
| Mark Hollingsworth | April 17, 2004 |
| Todd Ousley | September 9, 2006 |
Wendell Nathaniel Gibbs, Jr. SCP (born March 21, 1954) is a bishop in the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. He has served the Diocese of Michigan since 2000 as its tenth diocesan bishop.
Gibbs was born, on March 21, 1954, and grew up in Washington, D.C. He earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from Towson University. After graduating from Towson in 1977, he worked several years at various businesses.
He enrolled in Seabury-Western Theological Seminary in 1984, and graduated in 1987 with a Master of Divinity degree. He has since served as President of the Alumni/ae Association and as a member of the Board of Trustees of the seminary, including a term as Vice President of the Board.
Gibbs married with his wife, Karlah Ambrose York, on August 19, 1989, and lives with her in Detroit, Michigan. He has two stepchildren and two grandchildren.
Prior to college, Gibbs became a postulant in the Roman Catholic Order of the Most Holy Trinity. For three years, he took classes at St. Mary's Seminary and University and lived at a monastery in Maryland.
He joined the Episcopal Church while working for various businesses after graduating from Towson University. He was ordained a deacon in June 1987 and a priest in December 1987.
Gibbs served as curate at Emmanuel Church in Rockford, Illinois, part of the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago, from 1987 until 1989. He then served in the Episcopal Diocese of Central New York as associate rector of Grace Church in Utica, New York from 1989 to 1991, and then rector of the Four Point Parish in Oriskany Falls, New York from 1991 to 1993.
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