Kate Moorehead

Katherine Bingham "Kate" Moorehead (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]

The Very Reverend

Katherine (Kate) Bingham Moorehead
Dean
ChurchThe Episcopal Church
ProvinceProvince 4
MetropolisJacksonville, Florida
DioceseEpiscopal Diocese of Florida
InstalledJanuary 10, 2010
PredecessorEdward Harrison 2001-2008
Orders
ConsecrationNovember 1, 2009
Personal details
Born1970
New Haven, Connecticut
Alma materVassar College, Virginia Theological Seminary
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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]

Writings
  • Get Over Yourselves! God’s Here!. (2009) Kansas: St. Marks Press.
  • Organic God: Lenten Meditations on the Words of Jesus. (2006) Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group.
  • Between Two Worlds: Daily Readings for Advent. (2004) Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group.

References
  1. St. Johns Cathedral website: Dean Moorehead biography Archived 2010-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
  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 Archived 2010-02-17 at the Wayback Machine DESCENDANCY CHART for Hiram Bingham III
  4. St. Johns Cathedral website: Dean Moorehead biography Archived 2010-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
  5. http://www.edusc.org/e-DUSCNewsletter/041510/upcoming.html Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine Episcopal Diocese of Upper South Carolina Website
  6. St. James Episcopal Church in Wichita website: Past Clergy
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