Ruth Woodliff-Stanley
The Rt. Rev Ruth Woodliff-Stanley is a Bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America and the XV Bishop of the Diocese of South Carolina. She is the 1,137 Bishop consecrated for the church. Woodliff-Stanley is the first regular diocesan Bishop for the Diocese of South Carolina since 2012, and the first female Bishop in the over 200 plus years of the diocese's existence.
Rt. Rev Ruth Woodliff-Stanley | |
|---|---|
| XV Bishop | |
| Church | Episcopal Church (US) |
| Province | IV |
| Diocese | Diocese of South Carolina |
| Elected | 2021 |
| Predecessor | Gladstone B. Adams III (Provisional) |
| Successor | Incumbent |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 2021 by Most Reverend Michael B. Curry, Presiding Bishop |
| Personal details | |
| Spouse | Nathan Woodliff-Stanley |
| Children | 2 |
| Previous post(s) | Canon, Dioceses of Northwestern Pennsylvania & Western New York; Canon to the Ordinary, Diocese of Colorado; Rector, St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Denver |
Woodliff-Stanley grew up in and was ordained in Mississippi. During her career with the church she served as a rector, a canon for two Bishops, and on the Episcopal Church Building Fund. She was elected at a special diocesan convention on May 1, 2021, and was consecrated and installed as Bishop on October 2, 2021. Presiding Bishop Michael B. Curry served as the chief consecrator.[1] [2]
Personal life
Woodliff-Stanley was born in 1962 in Jackson, Mississippi, and is a graduate of Swarthmore College and Yale University. She is married to the Rev. Nathan Woodliff-Stanley, an ordained Unitarian Universalist minister, and former executive director of the ACLU of Colorado (2012-2020), who also served on the board of Interfaith Alliance of Colorado, and is a director of the Stanley Center for Peace and Security, a private foundation based in Iowa.[3] They have two sons.[4][5]
See also
References
- Ruth Woodliff-Stanley elected 15th bishop of South Carolina, Episcopal News Service, 2021-05-03, retrieved 2021-10-02
- Hanley, Charles (2021-10-01), Episcopal Diocese to ordain first woman as Bishop in South Carolina, Charleston: WCIV, retrieved 2021-10-02
- "Our Team - Governance". Stanley Center for Peace and Security. Retrieved October 10, 2021.
- Tabachnik, Sam (January 16, 2020). "ACLU of Colorado leader announces plans to leave organization in March". denverpost.com. The Denver Post. Retrieved October 10, 2021.
- McDonald, Alexandra Varney (July 31, 2017). "Leaving no one out: Unitarian Universalist minister who heads Colorado ACLU..." uuworld.org. Unitarian Universalist Association. Retrieved October 10, 2021.