Gladstone B. Adams III

The Right Reverend
Gladstone B. Adams III
Provisional Bishop of South Carolina
Church The Episcopal Church
Diocese Episcopal Church in South Carolina
In office September 2016 to present
Other posts Bishop of Central New York (2001–2016)
Orders
Consecration October 27, 2001
Personal details
Spouse Bonnie

Gladstone B. "Skip" Adams III is an American Episcopal bishop. Since November 2016, he has served as the Provisional Bishop of the Episcopal Church in South Carolina. He previously served as Bishop of Central New York from 2001 to 2016.

Ordained ministry

In 2001, Adams was elected the tenth bishop of the Diocese of Central New York. He is the 972nd bishop to be consecrated in The Episcopal Church.[1] He officially retired from that position on October 31, 2016.[2]

In June 2016, Adams was nominated as the next provisional bishop of the Episcopal Church in South Carolina.[3] On September 10, 2016, he was officially elected and installed as provisional bishop.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Bishop Skip Adams, 2015, retrieved 2014-03-26
  2. ↑ "Bishop Skip Adams". The Episcopal Church in South Carolina. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  3. ↑ "Episcopal Church in South Carolina welcomes new provisional bishop". Episcopal News Service. The Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society. September 13, 2016. Retrieved September 14, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Episcopalians nominate new Provisional Bishop for South Carolina". Moultrie News. June 30, 2016.
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