The Right Rev. Carrie Schofield-Broadbent is an American bishop who has served as the 15th Bishop of Maryland since 2024.Episcopal News Service, "Maryland diocese elects Carrie Schofield-Broadbent bishop coadjutor"
27 March 2023. Retrieved 31 March 2023.

Education and career

Schofield-Broadbent received a

Bachelor's degree A bachelor's degree (from Medieval Latin ''baccalaureus'') or baccalaureate (from Modern Latin ''baccalaureatus'') is an undergraduate degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to six years ...

in Spanish and Peace and Conflict Studies from

Juniata College Juniata College () is a private liberal arts college in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1876 as a co-educational normal school, it was the first college started by members of the Church of the Brethren. It was originally founded as a cent ...

Huntingdon, Pennsylvania Huntingdon is a borough in and county seat of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, in the Middle Atlantic states region of the Northeastern United States. It lies along the Juniata River about east of larger Altoona and west of the state capita ...

, in 1997, having spent a year at the

University of Barcelona The University of Barcelona (official name in ; UB), formerly also known as Central University of Barcelona (), is a public research university located in the city of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It was established in 1450. With 76,000 students, ...

in Spain. In 2003 she was awarded a

Master of Divinity For graduate-level theological institutions, the Master of Divinity (MDiv, ''magister divinitatis'' in Latin) is the first professional degree of the pastoral profession in North America. It is the most common academic degree in seminaries and ...

degree from

Virginia Theological Seminary Virginia Theological Seminary (VTS), formally the Protestant Episcopal Theological Seminary in Virginia, is an Episcopal Church (United States), Episcopal seminary in Alexandria, Virginia. It is the largest and second-oldest such accredited se ...

.Episcopal Diocese of Maryland, Bishop Search, Slate of Candidates
Retrieved 31 March 2023. She was ordained as a deacon in 2003 and as a priest in 2004, and was Rector of St Matthew's Church in

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, from 2006 to 2017 before being appointed Canon to the Ordinary for Transition and Church Development in the Diocese of Central New York. On 25 March 2023 Schofield-Broadbent was elected

bishop coadjutor A coadjutor bishop (or bishop coadjutor) ("co-assister" in Latin) is a bishop in the Latin Catholic, Anglican and (historically) Eastern Orthodox churches whose main role is to assist the diocesan bishop in administering the diocese. The coa ...

in the

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. She succeeded the Rt. Rev. Eugene Sutton as Bishop of Maryland upon his retirement in 2024 and is the first woman to serve in that role.The Baltimore Sun, "Maryland Episcopalians choose next bishop, first woman elected to position"
27 March 2023. Retrieved 31 March 2023. She is also a trainer for the College for Congregational Development and speaks both English and Spanish.

Family

With her husband Keith, a marketing executive, Schofield-Broadbent has two children.

References

Living people Juniata College alumni Virginia Theological Seminary alumni Episcopal bishops of Maryland Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-Anglican-bishop-stub