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Matthew Davis Cowden

Matthew Davis Cowden

American Episcopal Bishop

Matthew Davis Cowden is the VIII bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of West Virginia. He was elected from a slate of three candidates by the 144th diocesan convention on September 25, 2021, and consecrated in Wesley Chapel on the campus of West Virginia Wesleyan University on March 12, 2022.[1][2] Upon Bishop W. Michie Klusmeyer's retirement on October 13, 2022, he became the Eighth Bishop of West Virginia.[3]

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From 2009 until his election he was rector of St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church in South Bend, Indiana. He received the Master of Divinity from Virginia Theological Seminary in 2006. He previously received a bachelor's degree from Florida State University and a master's degree from the University of California Los Angeles and worked as a college theatre professor.[4] He and his wife Melissa have three children.

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References

  1. [1]
    Millard, Egan (2021-09-27). "Matthew Cowden elected bishop of West Virginia". Episcopal News Service. Retrieved 2022-05-11.
  2. [2]
    Edwards, Madeline (13 March 2022). "The Episcopal Church welcomes a new West Virginia Bishop Coadjutor". Retrieved 2022-05-11.
  3. [3]
    "Matthew Cowden: Third Bishop from One Church". The Living Church. 2021-09-30. Retrieved 2022-05-11.
  4. [4]
    "West Virginia's new Episcopal bishop to visit Parkersburg church". newsandsentinel.com/. Retrieved 2022-05-11.


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