From Central Gulf Coast-
As Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of the Central Gulf Coast, the Right Rev. Philip M. Duncan, II, is faith leader for 62 churches with approximately 22,000 parishioners.
Traveling through the diocese - stretching from west Florida through south Alabama - Duncan, alongside parish priests, preaches, teaches, confirms new members, baptizes and celebrates the Eucharist.
"My position," he says, "is not only to serve in the diocese but also in the church and ultimately in the worldwide Anglican community."
An affable, philosophical man with a buoyant sense of humor, Duncan was consecrated as bishop in May 2001.
"It's a very humbling experience," he says at diocese headquarters in Pensacola.
The morning of the consecration he worked at a rescue mission "to remind me that the position of bishop is never a position of power or authority in the way in which the world understands it."
Good works, he says, are "a way of giving glory to God's creation, and reminding the worker of whose world this is, and how we can adore God by helping those who are most in need."
His relationship with God - and contemplation of faith - is central to his life.
More here-
http://blog.al.com/living-press-register/2010/04/bishop_philip_duncan_finding_t.html
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