Anne Elliott Hodges-Copple is sixth and current Suffragan Bishop of North Carolina.
After working as a community organizer for several years following graduation, she earned a Master of Divinity from Pacific School of Religion in 1984.
She was ordained deacon in 1987 and priest in 1988, and served as assistant of St Luke's Church in Durham, North Carolina until 1992.
She then became the Episcopal chaplain to Duke University until 2005, when she returned to St Luke's Church as rector.
[2] From November 1, 2015, until July 15, 2017, she served as Bishop Pro Tempore of the Diocese of North Carolina, due to the resignation of Michael Bruce Curry to become the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church.