Audrey Scanlan

Audrey Cady Scanlan is a priest of the Episcopal Church. She was elected to become bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Central Pennsylvania on March 14, 2015.

Scanlan was born in New York and later moved to Connecticut where she has lived for over 50 years. She received seminary education at the Yale Divinity School where she received a master's degree in theology in 2008. She continued her education at Hartford Seminary, receiving a Doctor of Ministry degree in 2013.^[1]

On March 14, 2015, Scanlan was elected to the post of Bishop of Central Pennsylvania, having been elected on second ballot from a field of three candidates. She received 79 of 147 lay votes and 50 of 79 clergy votes (74 lay votes and 40 clergy votes were required for election). Her election is pending approval from a majority of the standing committees and bishops of the Episcopal Church. Her consecration as a bishop is currently scheduled for September 12, 2015, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.^[2] Scanlan will succeed the Right Reverend Nathan D. Baxter, who retired in May 2014 after serving as Bishop of Central Pennsylvania for eight years, as well as the Rt. Rev. Robert Gepert who had served as provisional bishop.^[3]

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