John Lipscomb

John Bailey Lipscomb (born July 25, 1950)Episcopal Clerical Directory 2005 (Revised Edition) (2006). New York: Church Publishing Inc. {{ISBN|978-0-89869-534-2}}, p. 546. is a former Episcopal bishop who later became a Roman Catholic priest.

Lipscomb's father was a Baptist pastor and Lipscomb grew up in the Baptist tradition.{{Cite web |date=October 10, 2018 |title=Fr. John Lipscomb - Former Episcopalian Bishop |url=https://chnetwork.org/journey-home/fr-john-lipscomb-former-episcopalian-bishop/ |access-date=2022-01-09 |website=The Coming Home Network |language=en-US}} In 1997, Lipscomb succeeded as bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Southwest Florida where he oversaw around 37,000 Episcopalians.{{Cite web |last=Schjonberg |first=Mary Frances |date=May 17, 2007 |title=SOUTHWEST FLORIDA: Bishop Lipscomb announces retirement plans |url=https://www.episcopalarchives.org/cgi-bin/ENS/ENSpress_release.pl?pr_number=051707-01 |access-date=2022-07-26 |website=Episcopal News Service}} He retired in 2007 after months of medical leave relating to malaria and Parkinson's disease.{{Cite web |last=Staff Report |date=May 18, 2007 |title=Bishop Lipscomb to leave post |url=https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/2007/05/18/bishop-lipscomb-to-leave-post/28548174007/ |access-date=2022-07-26 |website=Sarasota Herald-Tribune |language=en-US}} After his retirement, he joined the Roman Catholic Church and was ordained as a priest in that church in 2009.{{cite web|title=Former Episcopal bishop Lipscomb now a Catholic priest|url=http://www.tampabay.com/news/religion/former-episcopal-bishop-lipscomb-now-a-catholic-priest/1056281|publisher=Tampa Bay Times|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160301171438/http://www.tampabay.com/news/religion/former-episcopal-bishop-lipscomb-now-a-catholic-priest/1056281|archive-date=March 1, 2016|author=John Barry|date=December 9, 2009}}

{{As of|2012}}, Lipscomb was spiritual director of the Bethany retreat center in the Diocese of St. Petersburg.{{Cite news |last=Saunders |first=Katharine |date=2012-07-16 |title=How I met your Father: Married Episcopalians becoming Catholic priests |language=en-US |url=https://uscatholic.org/articles/201207/how-i-met-your-father-married-episcopalians-becoming-catholic-priests/ |access-date=2022-01-09}}