Joseph Scott Barker Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:The Right Reverend
Joseph Scott Barker
Church:Episcopal Church
Diocese:Nebraska
Appointed:June 4, 2011
Term:2011–present
Predecessor:Joe Goodwin Burnett
Ordination:December 21, 1992
Ordained By:James E. Krotz
Consecration:October 8, 2011
Consecrated By:Katharine Jefferts Schori
Birth Date:11 June 1963
Children:2
Alma Mater:Yale College

Joseph Scott Barker (born June 11, 1963) is an American Episcopal clergyman, and the eleventh and current Bishop of Nebraska.

Biography

Barker was born in Omaha, Nebraska. He graduated from Yale College in 1985 with a Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies, and from Berkeley Divinity School at Yale in 1992 with an Master of Divinity in Anglican Studies. At Berkeley, he was awarded the Mersick prize for effective public address and preaching, and the Tweedy Prize for exceptional promise as a pastoral leader.[1] [2] Barker served as Assistant to the Dean and Canon Vicar at Trinity Cathedral in Omaha from 1992 to 1997, Rector of Church of the Resurrection in Omaha from 1997 to 2002, and Rector of Christ Church in Warwick, New York from 2002 to 2011.[3] [4]

Barker was consecrated on October 8, 2011, in La Vista, Nebraska, and is the 1,060th bishop in the American succession. Early in his episcopacy, Barker assisted in founding the Tri-Faith Initiative, a collaboration between Christians, Jews, and Muslims.[5]

In 2024 Barker was shortlisted to succeed Michael Curry as Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church.[6] [7]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Episcopal Clerical Directory 2013 New York: Church Publishing Incorporated, 2013. Print
  2. Web site: The Reverend J. Scott Barker. 28 February 2021.
  3. Web site: McCaughan. Pat. J. Scott Barker becomes 11th bishop of Nebraska diocese. Episcopal News Service. Episcopal News Service. 30 January 2015.
  4. Web site: Bishop J. Scott Barker. Diocese of Nebraska. Diocese of Nebraska. 28 February 2021.
  5. https://livingchurch.org/news/news-episcopal-church/five-visions-of-ministry/ PB Nominees Embody 5 Visions of Ministry
  6. https://generalconvention.org/nominees-for-the-28th-presiding-bishop/ 81st General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, Nominees for the 28th Presiding Bishop
  7. Web site: Paulsen . David . June 26, 2024 . Breaking: Sean Rowe elected 28th presiding bishop, will begin nine-year term Nov. 1 . Episcopal News Service.