Kate Moorehead

The Very Reverend

Katherine (Kate) Bingham Moorehead Carroll
Dean
ChurchThe Episcopal Church
ProvinceProvince 4
MetropolisJacksonville, Florida
DioceseEpiscopal Diocese of Florida
InstalledJanuary 10, 2010
PredecessorEdward Harrison 2001-2008
Orders
ConsecrationNovember 1, 2009
Personal details
Born1970
New Haven, Connecticut
Alma materVassar College, Virginia Theological Seminary

Katherine Bingham "Kate" Moorehead Carroll (born 1970) is an American priest of the Episcopal Church and the tenth dean of St. John's Cathedral, Jacksonville, and the Diocese of Florida.[1] Moorehead was installed as the dean on January 10, 2010.[2]

Life and career

Moorehead was born in New Haven, Connecticut. She is the great-granddaughter of Hiram Bingham III, U.S. Senator from Connecticut and explorer best known for uncovering Machu Picchu.[3] Moorehead graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Vassar College, receiving The Sara Caitlin Award for Religious Leadership and graduated cum laude with a Master of Divinity degree from Virginia Theological Seminary, receiving the Harris Award for Academic Excellence and Leadership Ability.[4]

Moorehead served as rector at St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church in Boiling Springs, South Carolina from 1998 to 2003[5] and St. James Episcopal Church in Wichita, Kansas from 2003 to 2009.[6]

Writings

  • Get Over Yourselves! God’s Here!. (2009) Kansas: St. Marks Press.
  • Organic God: Lenten Meditations on the Words of Jesus. (2006) Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group.
  • Between Two Worlds: Daily Readings for Advent. (2004) Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group.

References

  1. ^ St. Johns Cathedral website: Dean Moorehead biography Archived 2010-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ http://www.mychurchevents.com/calendar/calendar.aspx?list_by=calendar_month&begin_date=1/1/2010%2012:00:00%20AM&ci=G1G1G1O9N8G1G1G1&igd= St. Johns Cathedral website: Calendar
  3. ^ http://www.telusplanet.net/public/dkbing/HB3DESC.htm Archived 2010-02-17 at the Wayback Machine DESCENDANCY CHART for Hiram Bingham III
  4. ^ St. Johns Cathedral website: Dean Moorehead biography Archived 2010-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ http://www.edusc.org/e-DUSCNewsletter/041510/upcoming.html Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine Episcopal Diocese of Upper South Carolina Website
  6. ^ St. James Episcopal Church in Wichita website: Past Clergy