Steve Wood
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| Archbishop of the Anglican Church in North America Bishop of the Carolinas | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Wood with family members at his 2012 consecration as bishop | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Church | Anglican Church in North America | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diocese | Carolinas | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office | 2024–present (inhibited, 2025–present) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor | Foley Beach | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other posts | Bishop of the Carolinas (2012–present) Rector, St. Andrew's Church (2000–2025) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Ordination | June 15, 1991 (diaconate) February 1, 1992 (priesthood) by James R. Moodey | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Consecration | August 25, 2012 by Robert Duncan | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | October 12, 1963 Cleveland, Ohio | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Stephen Dwain Wood (born October 12, 1963) is an American Anglican bishop. Since June 2024, he has been archbishop of the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA), which was formed in the late 2000s as part of the Anglican realignment. In addition to being archbishop, he is also the sitting bishop of the ACNA's Diocese of the Carolinas. He was rector of St. Andrew's Church in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina for 25 years.
Wood was born in Ohio and entered ordained ministry in the Episcopal Church. He became rector of St. Andrew's in 2000, growing it into what The Post and Courier called "one of the Lowcountry's biggest church success stories." In 2010, he led St. Andrew's out of the Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina in 2012 and became vicar general of the Diocese of the Carolinas as it formed. He was made a bishop in August 2012.
In July 2024, Wood was elected the third archbishop and primate of the ACNA. His tenure as primate has been marked by several controversies, including the disaffiliation of the Jurisdiction of the Armed Forces and Chaplaincy from the ACNA following Wood's inhibition of its bishop. In October 2025, Wood became the first ACNA archbishop to have a presentment filed against him, when a complaint filed by 11 clergy and laypeople alleged that Wood had engaged in sexual misconduct, plagiarism of sermons and bullying of church staff. Wood said he did not believe the accusations had merit. In November 2025, he was suspended from engaging in ordained ministry as archbishop and diocesan bishop while the investigation proceeded.