The Right Reverend Glenda S. Curry | |
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| Twelfth Bishop of Alabama | |
 Curry preaching at All Saints' Episcopal Church, Homewood, Alabama, April 2021. | |
| Church | Episcopal Church |
| Diocese | Alabama |
| Elected | January 18, 2020 |
| Installed | January 9, 2021 |
| Predecessor | Kee Sloan |
| Previous post(s) | Rector, All Saints' Episcopal Church, Homewood, Alabama (2004-2020) Rector, Episcopal Church of the Epiphany, Leeds, Alabama (2002-2004) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | May 29, 2002 (deacon) December 3, 2002 (priest) by Henry N. Parsley Jr. |
| Consecration | June 27, 2020 by Scott Benhase |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 20, 1953 United States |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Spouse | William Curry |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | University of South Carolina |
Glenda S. Curry (born June 20, 1953) is the twelfth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Alabama. In an earlier career as a nurse and college administrator she was president of Troy State University at Montgomery from 1991 to 1999 where she helped created the Rosa Parks Library and Museum.
She was the first woman to lead a four-year university in Alabama and the first woman to serve as an Episcopal bishop in any of the five Deep South states. She succeeded Kee Sloan on January 9, 2021. At the time of her investiture, she was one of three women serving as bishops of Protestant denominations in Birmingham, Alabama.[1]
- ^ Bains, David R. (2021-01-10). "Three Female Bishops in Alabama Shepherd over 200,000 Souls". Chasing Churches. Retrieved 2021-01-15.