The Right Reverend Charles G. vonRosenberg Bishop vonRosenberg
Born in Fayetteville, N.C., on July 11, 1947, Charles vonRosenberg graduated from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, with a bachelor of arts in 1969. He earned his master of divinity degree from Virginia Theological Seminary in 1974. Early in his episcopate, the University of the South's School of Theology awarded him an honorary doctor of divinity.
Ordained as a priest in 1975, he served as rector/vicar of four small churches in and around Belhaven, N.C. He was vicar and rector of churches in Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina from 1976 until 1989. For many years, Bishop vonRosenberg served in the Diocese of Upper South Carolina, as rector of the Church of the Resurrection in Greenwood and later as Canon to the Ordinary (assistant to the Bishop) of that diocese from 1989-1994. Later he accepted a call to be rector of St. James Episcopal Church in Wilmington, N.C. As Third Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of East Tennessee, he oversaw an area of 34 counties in Tennessee and three in North Georgia, with 45 congregations and five worshiping communities and nearly 16,000 active members. Bishop vonRosenberg served in the House of Bishops, and ex officio on the board of trustees of the University of the South. He was also was elected to the university's board of regents. In 2008 he attended the Lambeth Conference and participated with other bishops in a “Walk of Witness” through central London to draw attention to the Millennium Development Goals, which target poverty reduction around the world. Bishop vonRosenberg and his wife, Annie, a native of Alexandria, Va., married in 1973 and they have two sons and families, including six grandchildren. The vonRosenbergs reside in the Daniel Island community of Charleston. 
Bishop vonRosenberg with his six grandchildren during a break in the Convention on January 26, 2013.
A visit from Scotland
The Rt. Rev'd Dr. Robert Gillies, Bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney in the Scottish Episcopal Church, presents Bishop vonRosenberg with a special crozier: a "shepherd's stick" crafted from white thorn and oak at Balmoral Castle. The two bishops became friends at the 2008 Lambeth Conference, and Bishop Gillies was the guest preacher for two "Kirkin' o' the Tartan" services at Grace Church Charleston on Sunday, February 10.
- Episcopal News Service: "Scottish bishop preaches unity in South Carolina" - Read Bishop Gillies' report on the trip - Read Bishop Gillies' sermons - See more photos from the Kirkin' |
Visitation Schedule
View the 2014-2015 schedule here February 1 The East Cooper Episcopal Church February 15 Christ Church, Denmark The Bishop's MessagesJanuary 11
The Lord's Baptism and Our Own St. Alban's, Kingstree January 4 'Wonderfully Restored' The Episcopal Church in Okatie December 21 Expectations with Strings Attached St. Mark's, Charleston December 14 Timeless Truth St. Stephen's, St. Stephen December 7 Care and Hope in Advent The Episcopal Church on Edisto November 30 'In the Last Day' St. Catherine's, Florence November 23 'Inherit the Kingdom' St. Thomas, North Charleston November 16 Bishop's Address 224th Annual Diocesan Convention at Holy Communion, Charleston November 9 Lessons for the New from the Old Calvary, Charleston November 2 The Big View of All Saints All Saints, Hampton October 19 Communicating Along the Journey St. Stephen's, Charleston October 12 God in the Intermissions All Saints, Hilton Head Island October 5 'Rest for Your Souls' St. Francis, Charleston September 21 A Parable of Controversy Good Shepherd, Sumter September 14 The Temptation of the Particular St. Stephen's, North Myrtle Beach September 7 The Power of Story The Episcopal Church in Myrtle Beach July 26 A letter from Bishop vonRosenberg June 6 Report to Province IV Synod at Kanuga, NC February 22 The Bishop's Address at the 223rd Annual Diocesan Convention FIND THE BISHOP'S EARLIER SERMONS AND MESSAGES HERE |
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