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The Right Reverend Dean Elliott Wolfe, D.D.
Biography
The Right Reverend Dean Elliott Wolfe is a graduate of Miami University of Ohio (B.A. in Political Science and Religion, 1987) and the Virginia Theological Seminary (Master of Divinity degree, 1992; Doctor of Divinity degree, Honoris Causa, 2004).
Bishop Wolfe serves as Ninth Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Kansas and oversees 46 congregations, two campus ministry centers, two social service agencies, a parochial school and the Kansas School for Ministry. He is a member of the boards of Episcopal Community Services in Kansas City, Episcopal Social Services in Wichita and Bishop Seabury Academy in Lawrence.
Consecrated bishop in 2003, Bishop Wolfe formerly served as Vice Rector of Saint Michael and All Angels Church in Dallas, one of the largest Episcopal churches in the country. Prior to becoming Vice Rector, Bishop Wolfe was Associate Rector for Community Life at Trinity Church in the City of Boston. Following his ordination at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, he served as Assistant and then Associate Rector at Saint Clement’s Episcopal Church, Berkeley, Calif.
During his episcopacy, he has placed an emphasis on reconciliation, youth and young adults, international mission, and encouraging ministries to make creative use of their resources. He has initiated an ambitious plan to expand the Kansas School for Ministry and the campus ministries program throughout the diocese.
He has been married to Ellen Frantz-Wolfe since 1980. Ellen is a mother, businesswoman and active church volunteer. They have one son, William Jacob, who is an undergraduate student at the University of the South in Sewanee, Tenn.
Bishop Wolfe is an Associate of the Society of Saint John the Evangelist (SSJE), Chaplain of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem and Bishop Visitor to the Companions of Saint Luke, OSB.
Bishop Wolfe served for two trienniums on the Program Budget and Finance Committee of The Episcopal Church. He is a coaching bishop, faculty member and member of the Board of Trustees for the College for Bishops. He currently serves on the House of Bishops’ Pastoral Development Committee, the Pl anning Committee, Joint Standing Committee on Planning and Arrangements, and the Presiding Bishop’s Council of Advice.
He was elected Vice President of the House of Bishops at the 2009 General Convention in Anaheim, Calif.
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