Kate Moorehead Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Very Reverend
Katherine (Kate) Bingham Moorehead Carroll
Dean
Church:The Episcopal Church
Province:Province 4
Metropolis:Jacksonville, Florida
Diocese:Episcopal Diocese of Florida
Term Start:January 10, 2010
Predecessor:Edward Harrison 2001-2008
Consecration:November 1, 2009
Birth Date:1970
Birth Place:New Haven, Connecticut
Alma Mater:Vassar College, Virginia Theological Seminary

Katherine Bingham "Kate" Moorehead Carroll (born 1970) is an American priest of the Episcopal Church and the tenth dean of St. John's Cathedral, Jacksonville, and the Diocese of Florida.[1] Moorehead was installed as the dean on January 10, 2010.[2]

Life and career

Moorehead was born in New Haven, Connecticut. She is the great-granddaughter of Hiram Bingham III, U.S. Senator from Connecticut and explorer best known for uncovering Machu Picchu.[3] Moorehead graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Vassar College, receiving The Sara Caitlin Award for Religious Leadership and graduated cum laude with a Master of Divinity degree from Virginia Theological Seminary, receiving the Harris Award for Academic Excellence and Leadership Ability.[4]

Moorehead served as rector at St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church in Boiling Springs, South Carolina from 1998 to 2003[5] and St. James Episcopal Church in Wichita, Kansas from 2003 to 2009.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.jaxcathedral.org/about/cathedral-clergy-and-staff St. Johns Cathedral website: Dean Moorehead biography
  2. http://www.mychurchevents.com/calendar/calendar.aspx?list_by=calendar_month&begin_date=1/1/2010%2012:00:00%20AM&ci=G1G1G1O9N8G1G1G1&igd= St. Johns Cathedral website: Calendar
  3. http://www.telusplanet.net/public/dkbing/HB3DESC.htm DESCENDANCY CHART for Hiram Bingham III
  4. http://www.jaxcathedral.org/about/cathedral-clergy-and-staff St. Johns Cathedral website: Dean Moorehead biography
  5. http://www.edusc.org/e-DUSCNewsletter/041510/upcoming.html Episcopal Diocese of Upper South Carolina Website
  6. http://www.stjameswichita.org/clergy_past.html St. James Episcopal Church in Wichita website: Past Clergy