Martin Scott Field
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The Right Reverend Martin Scott Field | |
|---|---|
| Bishop | |
| Church | Episcopal Church (United States) |
| Diocese | Diocese of West Missouri |
| Elected | November 2010 |
| Installed | March 5, 2011 |
| Term ended | September 14, 2021 |
| Predecessor | Barry Robert Howe |
| Successor | Diane Jardine Bruce as Bishop Provisional |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | Deacon: October 10, 1990 Priest: May 2, 1991 by Donald Purple Hart |
| Consecration | March 5, 2011 by Katharine Jefferts Schori |
Martin Scott Field (born September 13, 1956, in Salem, Ohio) was the eighth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of West Missouri from March 5, 2011- September 14, 2021.
He was ordained and consecrated as Bishop on March 5, 2011. He is married to Donna Jean Cassarino Field, and the couple has two children: Chandra and Christopher. Bishop Field served churches in West Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, and Maryland, before entering the Chaplain Corps of the U.S. Navy.
He served in Hawaii and Tennessee while on active duty and participated in several overseas deployments including Operation Desert Shield, Operation Desert Storm, and Operation Southern Watch. After naval chaplaincy, he served parishes in Tennessee and Michigan before being elected the 8th bishop of West Missouri in November 2010.
He was ordained into ministry in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) on June 6, 1983, after graduating from the Lexington Theological Seminary (Lexington, Kentucky) in May of that same year with his Master of Divinity degree.
His ministry was translated into the Holy Orders of the Episcopal Church when he was ordained a Deacon on October 10, 1990, in the Diocese of Hawaii. He was ordained a priest in Hawaii on May 2, 1991. He did doctoral studies at the Seabury Institute of Seabury-Western Theological Seminary, Evanston, IL from 2004 through 2006.
On Holy Cross Day, 2021 Bishop Field resigned from his ministry as the eighth Bishop of West Missouri[1]
See also[]
- List of Episcopal bishops of the United States
- Historical list of the Episcopal bishops of the United States
References[]
- ^ "Bishop Marty announces last day as Bishop of West Missouri". New Spirit. 2021-04-08. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
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