Jay Magness

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The Right Reverend
Jay Magness
Suffragan Bishop for Federal Ministries
See Episcopal Diocese of the Armed Services and Federal Ministries
In office June 2010 to present
Predecessor George Elden Packard
Orders
Consecration 2010
by Katharine Jefferts Schori
Personal details
Birth name James Beattie Magness
Nationality American
Denomination Anglicanism
Profession Military chaplain

James Beattie "Jay" Magness (born 1946 or 1947) is an American Anglican bishop and former military chaplain. Since June 2010, he has served as Bishop for Armed Services and Federal Ministries in the Episcopal Church (United States). As such, he is responsible for the Episcopal chaplains and their congregations in the U.S. Department of Defense, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, and the Federal Bureau of Prisons.[1][2] He had previously served as a military chaplain in the United States Navy Chaplain Corps, from which he retired in 2003 with the rank of captain.[1] He will retire from full-time ministry and step down from his bishopric in 2017;[3] he will be succeeded as bishop by Carl Wright.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "About Us: Rt. Rev. James "Jay" Magness, Bishop". Office of the Bishop to Armed Forces and Federal Ministry. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
  2. "James 'Jay' Magness elected bishop suffragan for federal ministries". The Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society. March 24, 2010. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
  3. "Bishop James Magness, Suffragan for Armed Services and Federal Ministries, to retire in 2017". episcopaldigitalnetwork.com. The Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society. August 14, 2015. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
  4. "The Rev. Carl Wright elected Episcopal Church Bishop Suffragan for Armed Services and Federal Ministries". episcopalchurch.org. The Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society. September 20, 2016. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
Episcopal Church (USA) titles
Preceded by
George Elden Packard
Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of the Armed Services and Federal Ministries
2010 to 2017
Incumbent
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