Brian Lee Cole AHC (born December 7, 1967) is an American prelate of the Episcopal Church who is the current Bishop of East Tennessee.
[1][2] Cole was born in Hayti, Missouri,[2] and was educated at Murray State University, from which he graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration in 1989.
He also undertook further studies in art and prayer at the General Theological Seminary in 2006 and in liturgics in Asheville, North Carolina, between 2002 and 2005.
[3] Cole was ordained priest by Bishop Robert Hodges Johnson in 2002[2] and served as vicar at Church of the Advocate in Asheville, North Carolina.
In 2005, he became sub-dean of the Cathedral of All Souls in Asheville, while in 2012 he accepted the position of rector of the Church of the Good Shepherd in Lexington, Kentucky.