The Right Reverend Granville Porter Taylor Ph.D. | |
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Bishop of Western North Carolina | |
Church | Episcopal Church |
Diocese | Western North Carolina |
Elected | 2004 |
In office | 2004–2016 |
Predecessor | Robert Hodges Johnson |
Successor | José Antonio McLoughlin |
Previous post(s) | Rector of St. Gregory Episcopal Church |
Orders | |
Ordination | April 13, 1994 by Frank Allan |
Consecration | September 18, 2004 by Robert Carroll Johnson Jr. |
Personal details | |
Born | Granville Porter Taylor September 17, 1950 |
Denomination | Anglican |
Residence | Asheville, North Carolina |
Spouse | Jo Abbott Taylor |
Children | Arthur Taylor and Marie Taylor |
Alma mater | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Granville Porter Taylor[1] (born September 17, 1950) is the sixth and immediate past Episcopal Bishop of Western North Carolina. In March 2015 he announced his intent to retire.[2] He was succeeded as bishop by the Rt. Rev. José Antonio McLoughlin. Taylor was appointed for a two-year term as Assisting Bishop in 2020 for the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia.[3]