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Kevin D. Nichols

Kevin D. Nichols

Episcopal bishop

Kevin Donnelly Nichols is the ninth and current bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Bethlehem.

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Biography

On April 28, 2018, Nichols was elected Bishop of Bethlehem on the first ballot of a special convention that took place in the Cathedral Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He was consecrated on September 15, 2018 at the First Presbyterian Church in Allentown, Pennsylvania by Presiding Bishop Michael Curry. He was installed in the Cathedral of the Nativity on October 12, 2018.[1]

Nichols was originally ordained a Roman Catholic priest after receiving his Master of Divinity from St. Mary's Seminary and University in Baltimore.[2] On December 11, 1999 he was received into the Episcopal priesthood and became rector of St Stephen's Church in Pittsfield, New Hampshire and then of St Andrew's Church in Hopkinton, New Hampshire. He was also chief operating officer and canon for mission resources in the Diocese of New Hampshire.[3][4]

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References

  1. [1]
    "The Rt. Rev. Kevin Nichols, Bishop", Diocese of Bethlehem, Bethlehem. Retrieved on 27 October 2019.
  2. [2]
    "Kevin D. Nichols ordained as 9th bishop of the Diocese of Bethlehemp", Episcopal News Service, 21 September 2018. Retrieved on 27 October 2019.
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    "The Rt. Rev. Kevin Nichols", The Episcopal Church. Retrieved on 27 October 2019.
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    The Rev. Canon Kevin Nichols Elected IX Bishop of Bethlehem, Episcopal Diocese of Bethlehem, retrieved April 28, 2018
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