Brian Lee Cole
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The Right Reverend Brian Lee Cole | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of East Tennessee | |
| Church | Episcopal Church |
| Province | IV |
| Diocese | East Tennessee |
| Elected | June 28, 2017 |
| In office | 2017–present |
| Predecessor | George D. Young III |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 2002 by Robert Hodges Johnson |
| Consecration | December 2, 2017 by Michael Curry |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 7, 1967 Hayti, Missouri, United States |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Residence | Knoxville, Tennessee, United States |
| Spouse | Susan Weatherford |
| Children | 1 |
| Alma mater | Murray State University, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary |
Brian Lee Cole AHC (born December 7, 1967) is an American prelate of the Episcopal Church who is the current Bishop of East Tennessee.[1][2]
Cole was born in Hayti, Missouri,[2] and was educated at Murray State University, from which he graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration in 1989. He spent time employed with the Appalachian Ministries Educational Resource Center in Berea, Kentucky. In 1992, he earned a Master of Divinity degree from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. In 2001, he completed studies at Sewanee: The University of the South, where he focused on Anglican church history. He also undertook further studies in art and prayer at the General Theological Seminary in 2006 and in liturgics in Asheville, North Carolina, between 2002 and 2005.[1] Sewanee awarded him an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree in 2019.[3]