Jay Magness

Jay Magness
The Right Reverend; Jay Magness
	Suffragan Bishop for Federal Ministries
See	Episcopal Diocese of the Armed Services and Federal Ministries
In office	June 2010 to 2017
Predecessor	George Elden Packard
Orders
Consecration	2010; by Katharine Jefferts Schori
Personal details
Birth name	James Beattie Magness
Nationality	American
Denomination	Anglicanism
Profession	Military chaplain

James Beattie "Jay" Magness (born 1946 in St. Petersburg, FL) is an American Anglican bishop and former military chaplain. From 2010 to 2017 he served as Bishop Suffragan for the Armed Services and Federal Ministries of the Episcopal Church (United States)]]. As such, he was responsible for the Episcopal chaplains and their congregations in the U.S. Department of Defense, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, and the Federal Bureau of Prisons.[1][2] He previously served as a military chaplain in the United States Navy Chaplain Corps, from which he retired in 2004 with the rank of captain.[1] He resigned from the Armed Forces and Federal ministries and stepped down from his bishopric in 2017;[3] he was succeeded as bishop by Carl Wright.[4]

References

"About Us: Rt. Rev. James "Jay" Magness, Bishop". Office of the Bishop to Armed Forces and Federal Ministry. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
"James 'Jay' Magness elected bishop suffragan for federal ministries". The Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society. March 24, 2010. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
"Bishop James Magness, Suffragan for Armed Services and Federal Ministries, to retire in 2017". episcopaldigitalnetwork.com. The Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society. August 14, 2015. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
"The Rev. Carl Wright elected Episcopal Church Bishop Suffragan for Armed Services and Federal Ministries". episcopalchurch.org. The Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society. September 20, 2016. Retrieved November 3, 2016.

Episcopal Church (USA) titles
Preceded by George Elden Packard	Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of the Armed Services and Federal Ministries 2010 to 2017	Incumbent

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[bio_-_office-1] "About Us: Rt. Rev. James "Jay" Magness, Bishop". Office of the Bishop to Armed Forces and Federal Ministry. Retrieved November 3, 2016.

[episcopalchurch.org_-_elected_bish-2] "James 'Jay' Magness elected bishop suffragan for federal ministries". The Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society. March 24, 2010. Retrieved November 3, 2016.

[retirement_-_ENS-3] "Bishop James Magness, Suffragan for Armed Services and Federal Ministries, to retire in 2017". episcopaldigitalnetwork.com. The Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society. August 14, 2015. Retrieved November 3, 2016.

[4] "The Rev. Carl Wright elected Episcopal Church Bishop Suffragan for Armed Services and Federal Ministries". episcopalchurch.org. The Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society. September 20, 2016. Retrieved November 3, 2016.