Eugene Sutton

Eugene Taylor Sutton (born January 9, 1954)^[1] is an American Episcopal clergyman who served as the 14th Episcopal Bishop of Maryland.

The Right Reverend Eugene Sutton
Bishop of Maryland
Sutton in 2011
Church	Episcopal Church
Province	III
Diocese	Maryland
Elected	June 29, 2008
In office	2008–2024
Predecessor	Robert W. Ihloff
Successor	Carrie Schofield-Broadbent
Orders
Consecration	June 28, 2008 by Katharine Jefferts Schori
Personal details
Born	(1954-01-09) January 9, 1954 (age 70) Washington, D.C., US
Denomination	Anglican (prev. Baptist)
Spouse	Sonya Subbayya Sutton
Children	4
Alma mater	Hope College Western Theological Seminary Princeton Theological Seminary Sewanee: The University of the South

Early life and education

Sutton grew up in Washington, D.C., in a Baptist family. In 1976 he graduated from Hope College in Holland, Michigan. He later earned a Master of Divinity degree from Western Theological Seminary in the same city and was ordained as a Minister of Word and Sacrament in the Reformed Church in America. Sutton continued his graduate studies at Princeton Theological Seminary, and after a few years joined the Episcopal Church, completing his Anglican ministry training in 1993 at the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee.^[2]

Career

Sutton served in parishes in New Jersey and Washington, D.C., and taught at the New Brunswick Theological Seminary, the Vanderbilt University Divinity School and the General Theological Seminary.

On June 28, 2008, he was consecrated as Bishop of Maryland, having been elected at the previous diocesan convention on the first ballot. The consecration was held at the Washington National Cathedral, where Sutton had served as canon pastor. He became the first African American bishop for the Diocese of Maryland, and was installed in the Cathedral of the Incarnation on June 29, 2008.

On September 17, 2021, he announced his intention to retire in 2024.^[3] He was succeeded by the Rt. Rev. Canon Carrie Schofield-Broadbent, who was elected bishop coadjutor in 2023.^[4]

See also

• List of Episcopal bishops of the United States
• Historical list of the Episcopal bishops of the United States

References

1. Episcopal Clerical Directory 2013 (2013). New York: Church Publishing Inc. ISBN 978-0-89869-888-6, p. 936.
2. "Rev. Eugene Taylor Sutton". Institute for Sustainable Communities. Retrieved 2020-12-26.
3. Episcopal Diocese of Maryland, Search for the Fifteenth Bishop of Maryland. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
4. Episcopal News Service, "Maryland diocese elects Carrie Schofield-Broadbent bishop coadjutor", 27 March 2023. Retrieved 31 March 2023.

Episcopal Church (USA) titles
Preceded by Robert Wilkes Ihloff	Bishop of Maryland 2008–2024	Succeeded by Carrie Schofield-Broadbent