The Most Rev. Stephen D. Wood

Archbishop of the Anglican Church in North America

The Most Reverend Stephen Wood was elected the Archbishop of the Anglican Church in North America in June of 2024.

Ordained to the diaconate on June 15, 1991 and to the priesthood on February 1, 1992, Archbishop Wood was appointed Vicar of St. Anne-in-the-Fields in Madison, Ohio where he served until April of 1995. He then served as Associate Rector and Chief of Staff at St. Luke’s parish in Bath, Ohio until his move to South Carolina.

He was installed as Rector of St. Andrew’s Anglican Church in Mt. Pleasant, SC on September 1, 2000.

He was then elected as the first Bishop of the Diocese of the Carolinas by the College of Bishops on June 5, 2012.

Archbishop Wood married Jacqueline Elizabeth (Benner) Wood on February 1, 1986. Together, they have four sons and eight grandchildren.