(AJC) Robert Wright becomes first African-American Episcopal bishop for Atlanta diocese

(From last night) The Rev. Robert C. Wright will be ordained as the 10th bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta in a ceremony Saturday at the Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel at Morehouse College.

The ceremony, which begins at 10:30 a.m., will be held at the chapel, 830 Westview Dr. S.W.

Wright, 48, a Howard University and Virginia Theological Seminary graduate, will become the first African-American bishop to lead the diocese, which is among the largest in the world. The Atlanta diocese, which covers middle and north Georgia, has 96 parishes and 56,000 members.

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One comment on “(AJC) Robert Wright becomes first African-American Episcopal bishop for Atlanta diocese

  1. Dick Mitchell says:

    The Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta is “among the largest in the world”? In what world? How is this measured?