Ronald Jackson (bishop)
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Ronald W. Jackson is an American former Anglican bishop. He was the second bishop of the Anglican Diocese of the Great Lakes in the Anglican Church in North America, from 28 April 2016 until he was deposed and relieved of Holy Orders in January 2020, having been found guilty on ecclesiastical charges related to sexual misconduct and immorality. He is married to Patricia, they have four adult children and six grandchildren.
Ecclesiastical career
Episcopal Church
Jackson studied at Nashotah House, and earned a Doctor of Ministry (DMin) degree at the School of Theology at Claremont, California. He was ordained an Episcopal priest in 1973, at the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles. He served in parishes at Ohio, Tennessee and California. He was rector at the Church of St. Luke of the Mountains, La Crescenta, California, from 1992 to 2007. He also did missionary work in India, South America and Africa. He moved to England, where he was chaplain and senior tutor at Trinity College, in Bristol, from 2007 to 2013.
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