Presiding Bishop

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ecclesiastical office leadership position

The Presiding Bishop is the chief pastor and primate who provides spiritual and administrative leadership for The Episcopal Church.

Aliases (5)

Statements (38)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ecclesiastical office → leadership position →
alsoServesAs	Chair of the Executive Council of The Episcopal Church → Chief Executive Officer of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society → President of the House of Bishops →
appointedBy	General Convention of The Episcopal Church →
associatedWith	Book of Common Prayer (Episcopal Church) →
churchPolity	Anglican →
communion	Anglican Communion →
country	United States of America →
ecclesiasticalStyle	The Most Reverend →
firstHolder	William White →
formationYear	1789 →
hasAuthorityOver	national staff of The Episcopal Church →
hasRole	administrative leadership → spiritual leadership →
jurisdiction	The Episcopal Church →
languageOfLiturgy	English →
leadershipType	administrative leadership → pastoral leadership → primatial leadership →
memberOf	House of Bishops of The Episcopal Church →
officeType	episcopal office →
oversees	implementation of General Convention policy → mission of The Episcopal Church → pastoral care of bishops →
participatesIn	Instruments of Communion of the Anglican Communion →
religion	Anglicanism →
religiousDenomination	The Episcopal Church →
represents	The Episcopal Church in ecumenical relations → The Episcopal Church in the Anglican Communion →
residence	New York City →
scope	United States and other dioceses of The Episcopal Church →
seat	The Episcopal Church Center →
styleOfAddress	Presiding Bishop →
termLength	9 years →
titleHolderOf	chief pastor of The Episcopal Church → primate of The Episcopal Church →

Referenced by (22)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
General Convention of the Episcopal Church ("Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church") → House of Bishops (Episcopal Church) ("Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church") →	elects
Michael Bruce Curry ("Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church") → Michael Bruce Curry ("Primate of the Episcopal Church (United States)") →	position
Katharine Jefferts Schori ("Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church (United States)") → William White ("Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church (United States)") →	positionHeld
Province of Overseas Churches ("Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church") →	associatedWith
The Episcopal Church Center ("Office of the Presiding Bishop") →	associatedWithOffice
Constitution and Canons of the Episcopal Church ("Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church") →	governsBody
Diocese of Venezuela ("Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church (United States)") →	hasDenominationalHead
Latin American dioceses of the Episcopal Church ("Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church (United States)") →	hasEcclesiasticalHead
Diocese of Eau Claire ("Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church") →	hasMetropolitan
The Episcopal Church Center ("Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church (United States)") →	housesOfficeOf
Executive Council of the Episcopal Church ("Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church") →	includes
Michael Bruce Curry ("Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church") →	isFirstAfricanAmericanToHoldPosition
Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe ("Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church (United States)") →	isUnderAuthorityOf
The Episcopal Church →	leaderTitle
wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle ("Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church") →	Michael CurryTitle
Bishop in Charge of the Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe ("Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church") →	reportsTo
Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church →	styleOfAddress
The Episcopal Church Center ("Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church (United States)") →	usedBy
President of the House of Deputies ("Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church") →	worksWith