Type: | Bishop-elect |
Honorific-Prefix: | The Right Reverend |
X Bishop of Southern Ohio | |
Diocese: | Southern Ohio |
Elected: | September 20, 2023 |
Ordination: | May 30, 2009 (deacon) December 5, 2009 (priest) |
Ordained By: | Sanford Hampton (deacon) Jeffrey Lee (priest) |
Consecration: | February 17, 2024 |
Consecrated By: | Wendell Gibbs |
Birth Date: | 15 October 1972 |
Birth Place: | Anchorage, AK |
Tomb: | --> |
Religion: | Anglican |
Spouse: | John |
Children: | 1 daughter |
Education: | Cottey College (AA) Western Oregon University (BS) Willamette University (MA) Seabury-Western Theological Seminary (M.Div) |
Kristin Uffelman White |
Kristin Uffelman White is an Episcopal bishop who is serving as the tenth Bishop of the Diocese of Southern Ohio.[1] She is the first woman to serve that position.[2] Prior to her consecration, she served as the Canon to the Ordinary for Congregational Leadership and Development in the Episcopal Diocese of Indianapolis from 2018 to 2023.[3]
Before ordained ministry, White worked as a high school English teacher in Oregon. She has served congregations in Chicago and Indianapolis.[4] She was born in Anchorage, Alaska and raised in Prineville, Oregon where her father was also an Episcopal priest.[5]
White was elected on September 30, 2023 at Christ Church Cathedral in Cincinnati, Ohio.[6] [7] She was consecrated February 17, 2024 in Columbus, Ohio at the Greater Columbus Convention Center.[8]