Ruth Woodliff-Stanley (born August 9, 1962) is a prelate of the Episcopal Church and currently serves as the 15th Bishop of South Carolina.
She was elected at a special diocesan convention on May 1, 2021, and was consecrated and installed as Bishop on October 2, 2021, in Grace Church Cathedral.
[6]) Woodliff-Stanley and ADOSC Bishop Chip Edgar, who had been consecrated in 2022, began mediation to discuss a resolution to the disputes between the dioceses in spring 2022.
While the settlement did not affect remaining issues regarding the property rights of three parishes still pending before the state Supreme Court or a betterments lawsuit by several parishes pending in state trial court, "it does resolve all remaining issues regarding diocesan properties."
As part of the settlement, St. Christopher Camp and Conference Center on Seabrook Island was transferred from the ADOSC to the EDOSC on October 1, 2022.
"While each diocese has had to leave things on the table to get to this moment, and while we experience pain over losses of some of the historic churches our members hold dear, even still, we have seen the Spirit at work in drawing us toward God’s redemptive way of love at every juncture.”[8] Content adapted from Chip Edgar; see that page's history for attribution Woodliff-Stanley studied at Swarthmore College and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in religious studies and psychology, in 1985.