Michael Buerkel Hunn is an American prelate of the Episcopal Church who currently serves as the Bishop of the Rio Grande.
He studied at Middlebury College from where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in history and religion in 1993, and then undertook further undergraduate study at the University of Cambridge, where he gained a Master of Arts in theology.
[1] He was ordained deacon and priest in 1996 and served as chaplain at Kent School, head baseball coach, and chair of the Theology Department.
He then became a senior associate rector of the Church of the Holy Comforter in Kenilworth, Illinois and later chaplain at Davidson College and associate rector of St Alban’s Church in Davidson, North Carolina.
[2][3] Hunn was elected as the 11th Bishop of the Rio Grande on May 5, 2018 on the third ballot, at the Cathedral of St John in Albuquerque, New Mexico.