Michael Curry
Michael Curry was born in Chicago, Illinois, United States on March 13th, 1953 and is the Religious Leader. At the age of 71, Michael Curry biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Michael Bruce Curry (born March 13, 1953) is an American bishop who is the 27th and current presiding bishop and primate of The Episcopal Church.
He became the first African American to serve as the presiding bishop of The Episcopal Church, elected in 2015.
He was previously bishop of the Diocese of North Carolina.
Early life and education
Both sides of his family descended from slaves and sharecroppers in North Carolina and Alabama, according to Curry's autobiography. He was born in Maywood, Illinois, a suburb just west of Chicago. Baptist ministers Albert Carter and his great-grandfather were among the Baptist ministers to visit. Dorothy and the Rev. were his parents. Kenneth Curry, who had been Baptists but later became Episcopalians when they were allowed to drink from the same chalice as whites in racially segregated Ohio. His mother died when he was young; his father and grandmother raised him.
Curry attended public schools in Buffalo, New York. In 1975, he graduated from Hobart College in Geneva, New York, with high accolades. In 1978, he earned a Master of Divinity degree from Yale Divinity School, in collaboration with Berkeley Divinity School. Curry has also studied at The College of Preachers, Princeton Theological Seminary, Wake Forest University, Wake Forest University, the Ecumenical Institute in Baltimore, and the Institute of Islamic, Christian, and Jewish Studies.
Personal life
Curry and his partner, Sharon (née Clement), have two adult children. In 2018, he underwent prostate cancer surgery.