Matthew A. Gunter

The Right Reverend

Matthew Alan Gunter
Bishop of Wisconsin
ChurchEpiscopal Church
DioceseWisconsin
ElectedOctober 19, 2013
In office2014–present
PredecessorRussell Jacobus
Other post(s)Bishop of Fond du Lac
Orders
OrdinationDecember 21, 1996
by Frank Griswold
ConsecrationApril 26, 2014
by Katharine Jefferts Schori
Personal details
Born (1957-12-20) December 20, 1957 (age 66)
NationalityAmerican
DenominationAnglican
SpouseLeslie Gunter
Children3
Alma materIndiana University Bloomington
Virginia Theological Seminary

Matthew Alan Gunter (born December 20, 1957)[1] is the ninth and current bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Wisconsin in The Episcopal Church. He assumed this post upon the 2024 merger of the Dioceses of Eau Claire and Fond du Lac with the Diocese of Milwaukee. From 2014 to 2024, he was the diocesan bishop of Fond du Lac. Prior to becoming bishop, he served as Rector of St. Barnabas Episcopal Church in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, and as Assistant Rector of St. David Church, Glenview, Illinois.[2]

  1. ^ Episcopal Clerical Directory 2013 (2013). New York: Church Publishing Inc. ISBN 978-0-89869-888-6, page 381.
  2. ^ The Episcopal Church Annual. Morehouse Publishing: New York, New York (2005)