| Denomination | Episcopal Missionary Church |
|---|---|
| Senior posting | |
| See | Diocese of the Northeast |
| Title | Bishop of the Chesapeake |
| Period in office | September 17, 2005 — present |
| Predecessor | Leo Combes |
| Successor | incumbent |
| Personal | |
| Date of birth | November 4, 1968 |
| Place of birth | Washington, DC |
Council Nedd II is an American political, religious and cultural commentator who serves as the Bishop of the Chesapeake and the Northeast in the Episcopal Missionary Church, a Continuing Anglican church. Bishop Nedd is the first-born child of Council Nedd of Sumter, South Carolina and Gertrude D. Nedd (née Anderson) of Steelton, Pennsylvania. Upon his election to the episcopate he moved the diocesan headquarters from Arlington, Virginia to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
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Prior to joining full-time ministry, Bishop Nedd was involved in the public policy arena in a variety of capacities. He served as a senior legislative staff member for three Members of Congress, including Rep. Bill Clinger (R-PA).
After leaving Capitol Hill, Bishop Nedd opened his own firm, Sumlin Associates, which focused on crisis management and crisis aversion for a variety of clients. Bishop Nedd also spent two years teaching United States history and policy debate at the New School for Enterprise and Development, a charter high school in Washington, DC, which worked with children from underserved communities in the impoverished southeast section of the city. Bishop Nedd has frequently commented on public policy, social and theological issues, and has appeared on, C-SPAN, CNN, NBC and numerous national syndicated radio shows as well as in print media.
Before being consecrated to the episcopate, Bishop Nedd served as Vicar General of the Diocese of the Chesapeake while also serving as the rector of St. Anthony’s Anglican Church in Marshall, Virginia and as a chaplain at the Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, Virginia.
In addition to his work for the church, Bishop Nedd is the Executive Director of the Alliance for Health Education and Development (AHEAD). Ahead has sponsored senior and community health fairs around the United States to educate clergy and seniors on the new Medicare prescription drug benefit. Bishop Nedd and AHEAD also went into the classroom teaching middle school students and teachers how to incorporate debate techniques in the classroom. As part of Bishop Nedd's work, he heads a variety of ministries to the Kenyan, Sudanese and Ethiopian diaspora in the United States.
Bishop Nedd serves as the director of the Ecumenical Institute for Health Policy Research at Valley Forge Christian College, Woodbridge, Virginia Campus and a fellow in canon law and liturgics at St. Alcuin House, a Continuing Anglican graduate theological seminary where he completed a Doctor of Philosophy degree in religion.
Bishop Nedd has been knighted several times. His awards include the Grand Cross of St. Thomas the Apostle, the Grand Cross of the Royal Confraternity of Sao Teotonio, the Grand Cross of the Order of the Well of St. Maughold and holds the rank of Grand Officer in the Order of the Eagle and Seamless Tunic of our Lord. He was bestowed the rank of Senior Chaplain and Knight Commander in the Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem; is a Knight Commander and US Prior for the Royal Sovereign Military & Hospitaler Order of St. John of Jerusalem; is a Knight Commander in the Order of the Star of Honor of Ethiopia and was made a knight in the Sovereign Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem, in which he serves as a Deputy Grand Chaplain for the US.
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