Ray Sutton | |
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| Presiding Bishop of the Reformed Episcopal Church | |
 Bishop Sutton presents an icon to the Anglican Deaconesses Association. | |
| Church | Reformed Episcopal Church, Anglican Church in North America |
| Diocese | Mid-America |
| In office | 2016–present |
| Predecessor | Royal U. Grote Jr. |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | July 29, 1999 by Leonard W. Riches |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Raymond Ronny Sutton August 28, 1950 |
| Spouse | Susan Jean Schaerdel |
| Children | 7 |
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Raymond Ronny Sutton (born 1950) is an American Anglican bishop. He was bishop coadjutor in the Diocese of Mid-America of the Reformed Episcopal Church, since 1999, a founding member of the Anglican Church in North America, in 2009. He is the former Rector of the Church of the Holy Communion in Dallas, Texas, president and Professor of Scripture and Theology at Cranmer Theological House in Houston, Texas, and headmaster of Holy Communion Christian Academy (formerly Bent Tree Episcopal School).[1] Sutton was born in Louisville, Kentucky, and moved to Dallas at age thirteen.
He is currently head of the Ecumenical Relations Committee of the Anglican Church of North America.[2][3]
He took over the leadership of the Reformed Episcopal Church and the Diocese of Mid-America on November 24, 2016, upon the death of Royal U. Grote Jr., on a provisional level, with his installation taking place on June 15, 2017.[3][4][5]
- ^ "Bent Tree Episcopal School - Faculty and Staff". Archived from the original on January 18, 2011. Retrieved October 20, 2009.
- ^ "All Saints Anglican Church Shreveport Louisiana Traditional". Archived from the original on July 1, 2022. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
He is also the Dean of the Province and Ecumenical Affairs of the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA), ...
- ^ a b "Bishop Ray Sutton Installed As New Presiding Bishop Of The Reformed Episcopal Church". Anglican Church in North America. June 15, 2017. Archived from the original on September 27, 2020. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
- ^ "News - Reformed Episcopal Church". www.rechurch.org. Archived from the original on November 26, 2016. Retrieved November 26, 2016.
- ^ "DALLAS: Bishop Ray Sutton installed as new Presiding Bishop of the Reformed Episcopal Church, Virtue Online, 15 June 2017". Archived from the original on June 22, 2017. Retrieved August 3, 2017.