Michael Bruce Curry

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African-American religious leader Christian cleric Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church bishop

Michael Bruce Curry is the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church and the first African American to hold that position.

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Label	Occurrences
Michael Bruce Curry canonical	10
Michael Curry	2

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	African-American religious leader ⓘ Christian cleric ⓘ Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church ⓘ bishop ⓘ
advocatesFor	LGBTQ inclusion in the church ⓘ racial reconciliation ⓘ social justice ⓘ
authorOf	Crazy Christians: A Call to Follow Jesus ⓘ Love Is the Way: Holding on to Hope in Troubling Times ⓘ Songs My Grandma Sang ⓘ The Power of Love ⓘ
beganTermAsPresidingBishopOn	2015-11-01 ⓘ
birthDate	1953-03-13 ⓘ
birthPlace	Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
consecratedAsBishopOn	2000-06-17 ⓘ
degree	Bachelor of Arts ⓘ Master of Divinity ⓘ
denomination	Episcopal Church ⓘ surface form: Episcopal Church (United States)
education	Berkeley Divinity School at Yale ⓘ Hobart College ⓘ
electedAsPresidingBishopOn	2015-06-27 ⓘ
familyName	Curry ⓘ
gaveSermonAt	wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle ⓘ
givenName	Michael ⓘ
hasChild	two children ⓘ
hasEthnicity	Black Americans ⓘ surface form: African American
isFirstAfricanAmericanToHoldPosition	Presiding Bishop ⓘ surface form: Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church
knownFor	emphasis on the Jesus Movement ⓘ progressive Christian preaching ⓘ sermon at the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
memberOf	House of Bishops ⓘ surface form: House of Bishops of the Episcopal Church
middleName	Bruce ⓘ
nationality	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
ordinationAsPriestYear	1978 ⓘ
position	Presiding Bishop ⓘ surface form: Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop ⓘ surface form: Primate of the Episcopal Church (United States)
predecessor	Katharine Jefferts Schori ⓘ
religion	Anglican Communion ⓘ surface form: Anglicanism
residence	The Episcopal Church Center ⓘ surface form: Episcopal Church Center, New York City
sermonAtRoyalWeddingDate	2018-05-19 ⓘ
spouse	Sharon Curry ⓘ
style	The Most Reverend ⓘ
wasBishopOf	Diocese of North Carolina ⓘ surface form: Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina
website	https://www.episcopalchurch.org/biographies/the-most-rev-michael-b-curry/ ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Episcopal Church → currentLeader → Michael Bruce Curry ⓘ

TEC → currentPresidingBishop → Michael Bruce Curry ⓘ

subject surface form: The Episcopal Church

Curry → hasNotableBearer → Michael Bruce Curry ⓘ

wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle → sermonBy → Michael Bruce Curry ⓘ

this entity surface form: Michael Curry

Crazy Christians: A Call to Follow Jesus → author → Michael Bruce Curry ⓘ

Crazy Christians: A Call to Follow Jesus → authorName → Michael Bruce Curry ⓘ

Songs My Grandma Sang → author → Michael Bruce Curry ⓘ

Songs My Grandma Sang → about → Michael Bruce Curry ⓘ

Songs My Grandma Sang → hasContributor → Michael Bruce Curry ⓘ

Love Is the Way: Holding on to Hope in Troubling Times → author → Michael Bruce Curry ⓘ

this entity surface form: Michael Curry

The Power of Love → author → Michael Bruce Curry ⓘ

Sharon Curry → spouse → Michael Bruce Curry ⓘ