Council Nedd II
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| Denomination | Episcopal Missionary Church |
|---|---|
| Senior posting | |
| See | Diocese of the Northeast |
| Title | Bishop of the Chesapeake |
| Period in office | Sept. 17, 2005 — present |
| Predecessor | Bp. Leo Combes |
| Personal | |
| Date of birth | November 4, 1968 |
| Place of birth | Washington, DC |
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The Right Rev. Council Nedd II is the Anglican Bishop of the Chesapeake and Northeast of the Episcopal Missionary Church. Bishop Nedd is the first born child of Council Nedd of Sumter, SC and Gertrude D. (nee Anderson) Nedd of Steelton, PA. Upon his election to the episcopate, he moved the diocesan headquarters from Arlington, Virginia to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
[edit] Public Policy Career
Prior to joining full time ministry, Bishop Nedd, was involved in the public policy arena in a variety of capacities. He served as a senior legislative staff member for three Members of Congress, Rep. Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Rep. Dick Chrysler (R-MI) and Rep. Bill Clinger (R-PA).
After leaving Capitol Hill, Bishop Nedd opened his own firm, Sumlin Associates, which focused on crisis management and crisis aversion for a variety of clients. Bishop Nedd also spent two years teaching at a charter high School in Washington, DC, and has frequently commented on public policy, social and theological issues, and has appeared on, C-SPAN, CNN, NBC and numerous national syndicated radio shows as well as in print media.
Nedd is a member of Project 21, an initiative of the conservative National Center for Public Policy Research.
[edit] Church work
Before being consecrated to the episcopate, Bishop Nedd served as Vicar General of the Diocese of the Chesapeake while also serving as the rector of St. Anthony’s Anglican Church in Marshall, VA and as a chaplain at the Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, VA.
In addition to his work for the church, Bishop Nedd is the Executive Director of the Alliance for Health Education and Development (AHEAD). Ahead has sponsored senior and community health fairs around the United States to educate clergy and seniors on the new Medicare prescription drug benefit. Bishop Nedd and AHEAD also went into the classroom teaching middle school students and teachers how to incorporate debate techniques in the classroom. As part of Bishop Nedd's work, he heads a variety of ministries to the Kenyan, Sudanese and Ethiopian diaspora in the United States.
Bishop Nedd serves as a fellow in canon law and liturgics at St. Alcuin House, an Anglican graduate theological seminary where he is completing a Doctor of Philosophy degree in ecclesiology. In 2007 Bishop Nedd was knighted several times. He was awarded the Grand Cross of St. Thomas the Apostle, the Grand Cross of the Royal Confraternity of Sao Teotonio, was bestowed the rank of Senior Chaplain in the Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem and was made a knight in the Sovereign Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem.
