Edwin Funsten "Ted" Gulick, Jr., 57, was consecrated the seventh bishop of the Diocese of Kentucky on April 17, 1994, at St. Stephen Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky.
As the Diocese of Kentucky's bishop, Gulick is chief pastor to its clergy, 36 congregations and about 10,600 active members. He has served two terms on the SCEIR (Standing Committee on Ecumenical and Inter-Religious Relations), co-chaired the Anglican Roman Catholic Dialogue (ARC-USA) from 1997 to present, and served as one of the Episcopal Church's representatives on the Consultation on Church Union (1995-2000). In 2001, he was also appointed by Archbishop George Carey to serve on IARCCUM (International Anglican Roman Catholic Commission on Unity and Mission), an ongoing commitment.
Gulick served on Committee 22 of the General Convention in 2000, which dealt with all questions related to human sexuality; co-chaired the General Convention cognate committee on Ecumenical Concerns; and served on the Member Advisory Committee for the College of Bishops, the Staff College of Bishops' "The Bishop as Recruiter" and the Staff College of Bishops conference for new bishops and spouses/partners.
At the time of his election as bishop, Gulick was rector of St. Stephen's Church in Newport News, Virginia, for 11 years. Previously he served as rector of Grace Church in Elkridge, Maryland, and as assistant at Trinity Church in Towson, Maryland. He was ordained deacon in 1973 and priest in 1974.
He received a B.A. from Lynchburg College (1970); an M.Div. from Virginia Theological Seminary (1973); and honorary D.D.s from Virginia Theological Seminary (1994) and the University of the South (1995).
Gulick was born July 27, 1948, in Washington, D.C. and has been married to Barbara Lichtfuss, who teaches middle school students at the Anchorage Public School, since 1970. They have three adult children, Jennifer Gulick Amos; Robin K. Gulick, a seminarian at Virginia Theological Seminary; and a son, John E. Gulick. The Gulicks first grandson, Samuel Joseph Gulick, was born on January 12 of this year.
