The Rt. Rev. Porter Taylor

Denomination: The Episcopal Church (TEC)
Organization: Episcopal Diocese of Western North Carolina

The Right Rev. Porter Taylor is Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Western North Carolina, based in Asheville, NC.

Taylor was consecrated as the fifth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Western North Carolina Sept. 18, 2004. He grew up in Asheville, N.C., and earned his B.A. degree in English from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, his M.A. in English from the University of South Carolina, and his Ph.D. degree in theology and literature from Emory University. He received his M.Div. from The School of Theology at Sewanee and served at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Franklin, Tenn.

Before his call to the Holy and Sacred Order of Bishops, he served seven years as rector of St. Gregory the Great Episcopal Church in Athens, Ga. He is the author of To Dream as God Dreams: Sermons of Hope, Conversion, and Community, and From Anger to Zion: An Alphabet of Faith. Bishop Taylor is married to Jo Taylor, who is a research nurse. They have two children, Arthur & Marie.