Sanco King Rembert was an American Anglican bishop notable for being the first African-American bishop of the Reformed Episcopal Church.
14 Facts About Sanco Rembert
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Sanco Rembert was ordained as a deacon in the Reformed Episcopal Church in 1951 and as a presbyter in 1953, and he served as rector at several churches in the Reformed Episcopal Church's Jurisdiction of the South.
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Sanco Rembert was the founding rector of New Israel Reformed Episcopal Church in Charleston in 1959.
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In 1965, Sanco Rembert was elected assistant missionary bishop in the southern jurisdiction.
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In 1970, in conjunction with the southern jurisdiction's preparations for admission as a full synod in the Reformed Episcopal Church, Sanco Rembert was elected bishop coadjutor with the right to succeed William Jerdan as bishop ordinary.
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At this point, Sanco Rembert took on several administrative duties as well as responsibility for episcopal visitations and relationships with clergy, including counseling.
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Sanco Rembert succeeded Jerdan as bishop ordinary in 1987 and served until his retirement in 1998.
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Sanco Rembert presided over the rebuilding of the diocese's Bishop Jerdan Conference Center after Hurricane Hugo; renovation or reconstruction of most of the churches in the diocese, and church planting that brought the number of churches in the diocese from 27 to 38.
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Sanco Rembert served as Sanco Rembert served as vice president of the REC's General Council from 1990 to 1999.
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Sanco Rembert was first vice president of Jenkins Orphanage, superintendent of the New Israel Child Development and Christian School, co-chairman of the Charleston Education Alliance, chaplain of Charleston County Hospital, organizer and president of the Charleston Upper Peninsula Revitalization Association, and president, dean and professor at Cummins Memorial Theological Seminary.
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In 1966, Sanco Rembert became the first black member of the Charleston Ministerial Association.
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Sanco Rembert was married to Carrie Mae Brooks until her death in 2012.
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In 2013, after his first wife's death, Sanco Rembert married Patricia Simmons Singleton.
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Sanco Rembert died in Columbia on August 14,2015, at the age of 92.