Peter David Eaton was born on August 28,1958 and is the fourth and current bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Southeast Florida.
12 Facts About Peter Eaton
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The son of Wade Eaton, an Episcopal priest in the Episcopal Diocese of Puerto Rico, and the late Judith Morse Goldman, Eaton was born in Washington, DC, on August 28,1958.
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Peter Eaton was raised in Barbados, in the United States, including San Juan, Puerto Rico, and the United Kingdom.
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Peter Eaton is the grandson of Wayne Morse, who served as a United States Senator from Oregon from 1944 to 1969, and the nephew of Francisco Reus-Froylan, who was the first native-born Puerto Rican Episcopal Bishop of Puerto Rico from 1964 to 1989.
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Peter Eaton obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1982 in the Classics from King's College London, and was elected an Associate of King's College.
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Peter Eaton was trained for the priesthood and obtained a Certificate in Theology at Westcott House, Cambridge, and was ordained deacon on June 29,1986, by his uncle, Reus-Froylan, at St John's Episcopal Cathedral, San Juan.
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Peter Eaton was an adjunct professor at Illiff School of Theology in Denver and a Fellow-in-Residence at the School of Theology in Sewanee, Tennessee in 1995 and 2014.
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Peter Eaton's consecration was held on May 9,2015, the Feast of St Gregory the Theologian, at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Miami, Florida.
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Peter Eaton succeeded Frade as IV Diocesan Bishop on January 9,2016.
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Peter Eaton was seated in a three-hour service that was ecumenical and interfaith in nature on January 30,2016, at Trinity Cathedral in Miami.
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Bishop Peter Eaton invited all the priests of the diocese to concelebrate The Eucharist.
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Peter Eaton was escorted in and out of the service by the youth from throughout the diocese.