Matthew Davis Cowden

Matthew Davis Cowden is the VIII bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of West Virginia. He was elected from a slate of three candidates by the 144th diocesan convention on September 25, 2021, and consecrated in Wesley Chapel on the campus of West Virginia Wesleyan University on March 12, 2022.^[1][2] Upon Bishop W. Michie Klusmeyer's retirement on October 13, 2022, he became the Eighth Bishop of West Virginia.^[3]

The Right Reverend Matthew Davis Cowden
Bishop of West Virginia
Church	Episcopal Church
Diocese	West Virginia
Elected	September 25, 2021
Previous post(s)	Rector, St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church, South Bend, Indiana (2009-2022)
Orders
Consecration	March 12, 2022 by Michael Curry
Personal details
Denomination	Anglican
Spouse	Melissa Cowden
Children	3
Alma mater	Florida State University

From 2009 until his election he was rector of St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church in South Bend, Indiana. He received the Master of Divinity from Virginia Theological Seminary in 2006. He previously received a bachelor's degree from Florida State University and a master's degree from the University of California Los Angeles and worked as a college theatre professor.^[4] He and his wife Melissa have three children.

See also

• List of Episcopal bishops of the United States
• Historical list of the Episcopal bishops of the United States