Clifton Daniel (bishop)
Provisional Bishop of Pennsylvania; Bishop of East Carolina; American Episcopal (TEC) bishop
Clifton Daniel, 3rd (or III; called Dan; born July 4, 1947) is a bishop in the Episcopal Church. He served as the dean of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine from 2018 to 2022.
Early life and education
Daniel was born on July 4, 1947 in Goldsboro, North Carolina, United States. He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and graduated in 1969 with a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish education. He earned his Master of Divinity from Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria, Virginia. He received honorary Doctor of Divinity degrees from both Virginia Theological Seminary in 1997 and the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee in 1998.
Ordained ministry
Daniel was ordained to the diaconate in June 1972, and then to the priesthood in April 1973. In 1996 he was elected and consecrated bishop coadjutor of the Episcopal Diocese of East Carolina. With the death of B. Sidney Sanders, he became the diocesan bishop on June 5, 1997.
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