
GARDEN CITY — THE REV. DR. ADAM J. SHOEMAKER was elected ninth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island on Saturday, April 18 by nearly 300 clergy and lay delegates, meeting at the Cathedral of the Incarnation in Garden City, New York. Brooklyn and Queens comprise part of the diocese.
The election required a majority vote in both the clergy and lay orders on the same ballot, in accordance with the diocesan constitution. Shoemaker was elected on the fourth ballot by 95 votes in the clergy order and 76 lay votes.
Raised on Long Island in Huntington, Shoemaker is currently rector of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, a history-rich Black congregation dating back to the 1820s. Shoemaker previously ministered in congregations in North Carolina and Massachusetts and served as a missionary in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is an Egyptian-American with a passion for language and culture. His wife, the Rev. Courtney Davis-Shoemaker, is also an Episcopal priest; they met as seminarians at the General Theological Seminary in Manhattan.
The bishop-elect will succeed the Rt. Rev. Lawrence C. Provenzano, who has led the diocese since 2009. The ordination/consecration date is set for Sept. 19.
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