Nathan D. Baxter

The Right Reverend

Nathan Dwight Baxter

AHC, D.Min., D.H.L., D.D., S.T.D.
Bishop of Central Pennsylvania
Baxter in October 2009
ChurchEpiscopal Church
DioceseCentral Pennsylvania
ElectedJuly 22, 2006
In office2006–2014
PredecessorMichael W. Creighton
SuccessorAudrey Scanlan
Orders
OrdinationDecember 16, 1977
by Dean T. Stevenson
ConsecrationOctober 22, 2006
by Frank Griswold
Personal details
Born (1948-11-16) November 16, 1948 (age 75)
NationalityAmerican
DenominationAnglican
ParentsElder Belgium Nathan Baxter & Augusta Ruth Byrd
SpouseMary Ellen Walker
Children2

Nathan Dwight Baxter AHC (born November 16, 1948[1]) is the 10th bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Central Pennsylvania and the 1,010 in succession in the Episcopal Church. He was elected as bishop coadjutor on July 22, 2006, and consecrated on October 22, 2006. Baxter's friend Archbishop Desmond Tutu preached the sermon.

  1. ^ Episcopal Clerical Directory 2013 (2013). New York: Church Publishing Inc. ISBN 978-0-89869-888-6, p. 73.