Joe Morris Doss

The Right Reverend
Joe Morris Doss
Church Episcopal Church
Diocese New Jersey
Elected 18 June 1993 (Coadjutor)
Installed 1 January 1995
Term ended 30 September 2001
Predecessor G. P. Mellick Belshaw
Successor George Councell
Orders
Consecration 31 October 1993[1]
by G. P. Mellick Belshaw, Leopold Frade, William E. Swing, Cornelius J. Wilson
Personal details
Born 1943
Mobile, Alabama
Spouse Susan Doss
Alma mater Louisiana State University, General Theological Seminary

Joe Morris Doss (b. 1943) served as the 10th bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey from 1995-2002. He was elected bishop coadjutor in June 1993 and became bishop diocesan in 1995 following the retirement of G. P. Mellick Belshaw.

Doss was born in Mobile, Alabama and graduated from Louisiana State University and General Theological Seminary; he also holds a J.D. from LSU. Prior to his election as bishop coadjutor, he was rector of St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Palo Alto, California since 1985, having held the same position at Grace Episcopal Church, New Orleans, Louisiana from 1973-1985 after being deacon-in-charge of the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd in Lake Charles, Louisiana.[2]

Doss retired[3] after a nine year tenure in which that diocese was led into the mainstream of the Episcopal Church, though not without conflict and controversy - much of which was aimed at Doss in personal accusations, none of which produced any evidence of wrongdoing. He has since written five books, in particular Let the Bastards Go: From Cuba to Freedom on "God's Mercy" and The Songs of the Mothers: Promises for the Future Church. Doss also wrote an award winning play, Song of a Man Coming Through, together with his son, M. Andrew Doss, about a death row inmate he defended in 1984. In 1985, Doss was elected to the Common Cause National Governing Board. [4] He holds a law degree from Louisiana State University.

Following his resignation, Doss moved with his wife to New Orleans, Louisiana.

References

  1. ↑ "The Living Church". 21 November 1993.
  2. ↑ "The Living Church". 11 July 1993.
  3. ↑ Susan Sica (4 April 1999). "New Jersey's Bishop Doss Resigns".
  4. ↑ Doss, Joe Morris. "Joe Morris Doss". South Writ Large.
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