Peter Eaton

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The Right Reverend

Peter David Eaton
Bishop of Southeast Florida
ChurchEpiscopal Church
DioceseSoutheast Florida
ElectedJanuary 31, 2015
In office2016–present
PredecessorLeo Frade
Orders
OrdinationJune 29, 1987
by Robert Runcie
ConsecrationMay 9, 2015
by Katharine Jefferts Schori
Personal details
Born
Peter David Eaton

(1958-08-28) August 28, 1958 (age 65)
Washington, D.C., United States
NationalityAmerican
DenominationAnglican
ParentsWade Eaton & Judith Morse Goldman
SpouseKate Gleason
Previous post(s)Coadjutor Bishop of Southeast Florida (2015-2016)

Peter David Eaton (born August 28, 1958) is the fourth and current bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Southeast Florida.[1][2][3]

Early life

The son of Wade Eaton, an Episcopal priest in the Episcopal Diocese of Puerto Rico, and the late Judith Morse Goldman, Eaton was born in Washington, D.C., on August 28, 1958. He was raised in Barbados, in the United States, including San Juan, Puerto Rico,[4] and the United Kingdom. He is the grandson of Wayne Morse, who served as a United States Senator from Oregon from 1944 to 1969, and the nephew of Francisco Reus-Froylán, who was the first native-born Puerto Rican Episcopal Bishop of Puerto Rico from 1964 to 1989. In addition to his English vernacular, Eaton has a working knowledge of Spanish and French, as well as other classical and ancient languages.

He obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1982 in the Classics from

AKC). In 1985 he obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Theology from Queens' College, Cambridge.[5]

Career

Eaton was trained for the priesthood and obtained a Certificate in Theology at

Denver, Colorado since 2002. He was also an adjunct professor at Illiff School of Theology in Denver and a Fellow-in-Residence at the School of Theology in Sewanee, Tennessee in 1995 and 2014. In September 2004, he married Kate Gleason, a singer, songwriter, and fundraiser, as well as President and founder of Mishkhah, an organization committed to helping churches establish new worshipping communities. Eaton's consecration was held on May 9, 2015, the Feast of St. Gregory the Theologian, at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Miami, Florida. The Chief Consecrator was Katharine Jefferts Schori, Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, and the principal co-consecrators were Leopold Frade, the outgoing bishop of the diocese, and Robert J. O'Neill, Bishop of Colorado. Thirty-nine other bishops served as co-consecrators, including four from churches in full communion with the Episcopal Church, Bishop Hans Gerny of the Old Catholic Union of Utrecht, Bishop Geevarghese Mar Theodosius of the Mar Thoma Syrian Church of Malabar, Bishop Robert G. Schaefer of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
and Bishop Graham H. Rights of the Moravian Church in North America. This was an historic liturgy, being the first time that bishops of these four churches have joined Episcopal bishops in the ordination of an Episcopal bishop. This ordination also united the ancient historic successions of the Old Catholic Church, the Mar Thoma Syrian Church and the Anglican Communion.

Bishops from the Church of England, Spain, the Province of the West Indies, Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico (both Provisional Bishop Wilfrido Ramos-Orench as well as retired Bishop David A. Alvarez-Velázquez), jurisdictions with large populations in Southeast Florida, were present and served as co-consecrators.

Eaton succeeded Frade as IV Diocesan Bishop on January 9, 2016. Eaton was seated in a three-hour service that was

Diocesan Bishop, including meetings with members of Florida's Congressional delegation in Washington.[7]

As has been customary for over half a century, Bishop Eaton's diocese gave the current Presiding Bishop,

Bethlehem in the Holy Land.[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Episcopal Diocese of Southeast Florida: The Very Rev. Peter Eaton". www.diosef.org. Archived from the original on 2015-04-19.
  2. ^ "Southeast Florida diocese elects Peter Eaton as bishop coadjutor". February 2, 2015.
  3. ^ "MIAMI, FL: Dean of Denver Cathedral elected Southeast Florida Bishop Coadjutor | VirtueOnline – The Voice for Global Orthodox Anglicanism". virtueonline.org.
  4. ^ "New bishop takes the helm at Episcopal Diocese of Southeast Florida". miamiherald. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
  5. ^ "Bishops | Queens' College". www.queens.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
  6. ^ "Historic Pennsylvania Church to Induct Utahn as Rector". DeseretNews.com. 1995-07-29. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
  7. ^ "Sharing God's Good News Diocese of Southeast Florida: Bishop Coadjutor Meets Florida Political Leaders in Washington". November 4, 2015.
  8. ^ "Presiding Bishop receives new primatial cross from Southeast Florida Bishop". June 19, 2019.
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