David C. Rice is an American

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bishop and former

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minister. Since 2017, he has been bishop of the

Episcopal Diocese of San Joaquin The Episcopal Diocese of San Joaquin (EDSJ) is a diocese of the Episcopal Church (TEC), located in central California with its headquarters in Fresno, California, Fresno. It can trace its roots back to the earliest days of American settlement in ...

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: he had been its provisional bishop from 2014 to 2017. From 2008 to 2014, he was the 15th

Bishop of Waiapu The Diocese of Waiapu is one of the 13 dioceses and ''hui amorangi'' (Māori bishoprics) of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. The Diocese covers the area around the East Coast of the North Island of New Zealand, includin ...

in the

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. He was consecrated on 7 June 2008. He was previously

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Born in

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, he was educated at Lenoir-Rhyne University and

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. Initially a

minister, he was received into the Anglican Church in 1998 and served at Mt Herbert parish before his appointment to the

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. Rice resigned his New Zealand bishopric in 2014 to stand for election as provisional bishop of the

in California. He was duly elected and was then formally seated as provisional bishop on March 29, 2014. On March 4, 2017, he was elected as diocesan bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of San Joaquin, having been the only nominee.

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