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Michael B. Curry

Presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church

Michael B. Curry is the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church. He was elected June 27, 2015 and his nine-year term began Nov. 1, 2015. Since 2000, he has been the bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina, based in Raleigh. He received a master of divinity degree from Yale University Divinity School and has done continued study at The College of Preachers, Princeton Theological Seminary, Wake Forest University, the Ecumenical Institute at St. Mary’s Seminary and the Institute for Christian & Jewish Studies. He served in North Carolina, Ohio and Baltimore, Md., before his election as bishop in 2000.

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The Louisville Institute is excited to announce that applications are open for the 2024 grant and fellowship funding season.

Since 1990, LI has funded more than 2,700 grants and fellowships totaling $57.7 million to those who lead and study North American religious institutions, practices and movement. Their grantees and fellows include pastoral leaders, researchers, early career and seasoned scholars and many others in the United States and Canada whose work resonates with LI’s mission to bridge church and academy.

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