Our Bishops

A diocesan bishop is the ecclesiastical authority in a diocese, elected by the diocese to serve until he or she retires or dies. A suffragan bishop is elected by a diocese to assist the diocesan bishop. Neither an assistant nor a suffragan has the right of succession. A bishop coadjutor is elected to succeed a diocesan bishop and traditionally assists the diocesan for a specified period of time before being installed as the diocesan. An assistant bishop is an already-consecrated bishop appointed to serve a diocese, often for a specified period of time.

The Diocese of Virginia has two bishops:

• The Rt. Rev. Shannon Sherwood Johnston, Diocesan Bishop
• The Rt. Rev. Edwin F. "Ted" Gulick Jr., Assistant Bishop

The diocesan bishop is the Rt. Rev. Shannon Sherwood Johnston. Bishop Johnston was elected on January 26, 2007, and consecrated in the Washington National Cathedral on May 26, 2007. He lives in Richmond with his wife, Ellen. [More]		The Rt. Rev. Edwin F. "Ted" Gulick Jr., became the assistant bishop on January 1, 2011. Bishop Gulick returns to his native Virginia from the Diocese of Kentucky, where he served as diocesan bishop from 1994-2010.[More]
Contact Bishop Johnston.		Contact Bishop Gulick.
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