Joseph Scott Barker (born June 11, 1963) is an American Episcopal clergyman, and the eleventh and current
Bishop of Nebraska.
Biography
Barker was born in
Omaha, Nebraska
Omaha ( ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Nebraska and the county seat of Douglas County. Omaha is in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about north of the mouth of the Platte River. The nation's 39th-largest cit ...
. He graduated from
Yale College
Yale College is the undergraduate college of Yale University. Founded in 1701, it is the original school of the university. Although other Yale schools were founded as early as 1810, all of Yale was officially known as Yale College until 1887, ...
in 1985 with a
Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of arts (BA or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts degree course is generally completed in three or four years ...
in Religious Studies, and from
Berkeley Divinity School
Berkeley Divinity School, founded in 1854, is a seminary of The Episcopal Church in New Haven, Connecticut. Along with Andover Newton Theological School and the Yale Institute of Sacred Music, Berkeley is one of the three "Partners on the Quad," ...
at Yale in 1992 with an
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 divi ...
in Anglican Studies. At Berkeley, he was awarded the Mersick prize for effective public address and preaching, and the Tweedy Prize for exceptional promise as a pastoral leader.
Barker served as Assistant to the Dean and Canon Vicar at
Trinity Cathedral in Omaha from 1992 to 1997, Rector of Church of the Resurrection in Omaha from 1997 to 2002, and Rector of Christ Church in
Warwick, New York
Warwick is a town in the southwestern part of Orange County, New York, United States. Its population was 32,027 at the 2020 census. The town contains three villages (Florida, Greenwood Lake, and Warwick) and eight hamlets ( Amity, Bellvale, Ed ...
from 2002 to 2011.
Barker was consecrated on October 8, 2011, in
La Vista, Nebraska
La Vista is a city in Sarpy County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 15,758 at the 2010 census. The city was incorporated on February 23, 1960.
La Vista is a suburb of Omaha. It is bordered by the cities of Omaha and Ralston on the ...
, and is the 1,060th
bishop in the American succession.
See also
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List of Episcopal bishops of the United States
The following is a list of bishops who currently lead dioceses of the Episcopal Church in the United States and its territories. Also included in the list are suffragan bishops, provisional bishops, coadjutor bishops, and assistant bishops. Th ...
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Historical list of the Episcopal bishops of the United States
References
Berkeley Divinity School alumni
Clergy from Omaha, Nebraska
1963 births
Living people
People from Warwick, New York
Yale College alumni
Episcopal bishops of Nebraska
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