Gladstone B. Adams III
{{short description|American Episcopal bishop (born 1952)}}
{{Infobox Christian leader
| honorific-prefix = The Right Reverend
| name = Gladstone B. Adams III
| title = Provisional Bishop of South Carolina
| honorific_suffix = M.Div.
| church = Episcopal Church
| diocese = South Carolina
| term = 2016–2019
| elected = September 10, 2016
| previous_post = Bishop of Central New York (2001–2016)
| ordination = 1980
| ordained_by =
| consecration = October 27, 2001
| consecrated_by = Jack Marston McKelvey
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1952|07|26}}
| birth_place = Baltimore, Maryland, United States
| death_date =
| death_place =
| buried =
| resting_place_coordinates =
| spouse = Bonnie
| religion = Anglican
| children = 3
}}
Gladstone Bailey "Skip" Adams III (born July 26, 1952, in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American Episcopal bishop. Between 2016 and 2019, he served as the Provisional Bishop of the Episcopal Church in South Carolina. He previously served as Bishop of Central New York from 2001 to 2016.
Ordained ministry
Adams was ordained as a priest in 1980 in the Diocese of Maryland. He then served as curate at St Peter's Church in Ellicott City, Maryland. In 1982, he became rector of St Paul's Church in Lancaster, New Hampshire. He then became rector of St Thomas' Church in Chesapeake, Virginia. In 1994, he became rector of St James' Church in Skaneateles, New York. On June 1, 2001, Adams was elected the tenth bishop of the Diocese of Central New York. He is the 972nd bishop to be consecrated in The Episcopal Church.{{Citation | year = 2015 | title = Bishop Skip Adams | url = http://cnyepiscopal.org/BishopSkipAdams2.aspx | accessdate = 2014-03-26}} He officially retired from that position on October 31, 2016.{{cite web|title=Bishop Skip Adams|url=http://www.episcopalchurchsc.org/the-bishop.html|website=The Episcopal Church in South Carolina|accessdate=29 January 2017}}
In June 2016, Adams was nominated as the next provisional bishop of the Episcopal Church in South Carolina.{{cite web |url=http://episcopaldigitalnetwork.com/ens/2016/09/13/episcopal-church-in-south-carolina-welcomes-new-provisional-bishop/ |title=Episcopal Church in South Carolina welcomes new provisional bishop |author= |date=September 13, 2016 |website=Episcopal News Service |publisher=The Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society |access-date=September 14, 2016 |archive-date=September 14, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160914035306/http://episcopaldigitalnetwork.com/ens/2016/09/13/episcopal-church-in-south-carolina-welcomes-new-provisional-bishop/ |url-status=dead }} On September 10, 2016, he was officially elected and installed as provisional bishop.{{cite news| author=| date= June 30, 2016| title= Episcopalians nominate new Provisional Bishop for South Carolina| url= http://www.moultrienews.com/20160630/160639962/episcopalians-nominate-new-provisional-bishop-for-south-carolina| newspaper= Moultrie News}} He retired from that position in December 2019.
From 2021 to 2022, Adams served as Assisting Bishop on an interim basis for the Dioceses of Western Michigan and Eastern Michigan.{{Cite web |last=Paulsen |first=David |date=2021-03-04 |title=Eastern, Western Michigan call Skip Adams as assisting bishop during Hougland’s suspension |url=https://www.episcopalnewsservice.org/2021/03/04/eastern-western-michigan-call-skip-adams-as-assisting-bishop-during-houglands-suspension/ |access-date=2023-10-23 |website=Episcopal News Service |language=en-US}} He resumed that role after the resignation of Prince Singh in 2023.
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Category:Episcopal bishops of South Carolina