The Right Reverend

Scott Seely
Bishop Suffragan of All Nations
ChurchAnglican Church in North America
DioceseAll Nations
Orders
Ordination2009 (diaconate)
2010 (presbyterate)
ConsecrationMarch 20, 2020
by Nicholas Okoh
Personal details
Born1981 (age 41–42)

Scott Andrew Seely (born 1981) is an American Anglican bishop. Consecrated in 2020 in the Church of Nigeria North American Mission (CONNAM), he currently serves as bishop suffragan of the Anglican Diocese of All Nations (formerly the Anglican Diocese of the West) in the Anglican Church in North America.

Biography

Seely is a native Texan.[1] He received his B.A. in church music from Texas Lutheran University in 2003, his M.A. in theology from the Master's Seminary in 2007, his M.Div. from Trinity School for Ministry in 2010, and his D.Min. in congregational development from Nashotah House in 2019.[1]

Prior to his ordination, Seely was youth minister at the Episcopal Church of Reconciliation in San Antonio and as worship leader at Christ Church in the Hill Country in Bulverde, Texas.[2] He was ordained in CONNAM's predecessor entity, the Convocation of Anglicans in North America. Since 2010, Seely has been rector of Three Streams Anglican Church in San Antonio. He was appointed canon for church planting and local mission in the Diocese of CANA West in 2013 and made an archdeacon in 2016.[1] In 2020, Seely was elected a suffragan bishop for the diocese by the Church of Nigeria's house of bishops,[3] and consecrated by Nicholas Okoh at Holy Trinity Cathedral in Lokoja, Nigeria, on March 20, 2020.[4]

In October 2022, new CONNAM bylaws were released, signaling the permanent establishment of CONNAM as an alternative Anglican jurisdiction in the United States and Canada.[5] In response, the Anglican Diocese of the West voted to depart from the Church of Nigeria.[6] The ACNA received Seely and Felix Orji into its college of bishops, and the Diocese of the West voted to affiliate with ACNA, although some congregations elected to remain in CONNAM.[7]

Seely is married to Miriam and has three children. As a musician, he plays piano, guitar, ukelele and hammered dulcimer.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Our Rector". Three Streams Anglican Church. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  2. ↑ Colvin, Myles (January 19, 2020). "TWO SUFFRAGAN BISHOPS ELECTED TO CANA ANGLICAN DIOCESE OF THE WEST". La Prensa Texas. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  3. ↑ "Church Of Nigeria, Anglican Communion Elect New Bishops And Archbishops". Advent Cable News Network. January 11, 2020. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  4. ↑ "Limit Running From One Diocese To Another."Remain in Your See and Take Care of The Flock," – Abp Lamido". Advent Cable News Network. March 20, 2020. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  5. ↑ Virtue, David (October 18, 2022). "IS THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA TRYING TO BECOME THEIR OWN INTERNATIONAL CHURCH MOVEMENT?". Virtue Online. Retrieved November 1, 2022.
  6. ↑ "Why I Left the Church of Nigeria for ACNA – Bishop Orji". Anglican Ink. Retrieved November 1, 2022.
  7. ↑ "ANGLICAN DIOCESE OF THE WEST RETURNING". Retrieved November 1, 2022.


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