Jason Robert Grote (born 1973) is an American Anglican bishop. He was consecrated in 2025 as

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of the Diocese of the Central States in the

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and the

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Biography

Grote was born in 1973 to

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and Ellen Grote. His father was a Reformed Episcopal priest who later became bishop of the Diocese of Mid-America and eventually presiding bishop of the REC. Grote was raised in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. He began his career as a

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and in

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, including in the

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, area, where his father had moved to plant REC churches. In the mid-1990s, he experienced a call to ordained ministry and received his theological education at

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. Ordained to the diaconate in 1998 and the priesthood in 2000, Grote was called as rector of St. Matthias Anglican Church in Katy in 2000, where he served until his consecration as a bishop. Grote married in 2004; he and his wife have two young adult children. He completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Houston in 2007. In addition to serving as rector of St. Matthias, Grote held several roles with the Diocese of Mid-America and the REC, including as treasurer of the diocese, Cranmer Theological House and the REC Board of Foreign Missions; and national canon missioner responsible for the REC's

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initiative. Grote was a candidate for suffragan bishop of the Diocese of Mid-America in 2023; ultimately, Charlie Camlin was elected. He was elected coadjutor bishop of the Diocese of the Central States in 2024 and consecrated by Ray Sutton at the Cathedral Church of the Holy Communion on June 4, 2025.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Grote, Jason 1973 births Living people 21st-century Anglican bishops Bishops of the Anglican Church in North America Bishops of the Reformed Episcopal Church University of Houston alumni Reformed Episcopal Seminary alumni