Background
Reed, David Benson was born on February 16, 1927 in Tulsa. Son of Paul Spencer and Bonnie Frances (Taylor) Reed.
Reed, David Benson was born on February 16, 1927 in Tulsa. Son of Paul Spencer and Bonnie Frances (Taylor) Reed.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard University, 1948; Master of Divinity, Virginia Theological Seminary, 1951; Doctor of Divinity, Virginia Theological Seminary, 1964; Doctor of Divinity, University of South, 1972; Doctor of Divinity, Episcopalian Theological Seminary, Kentucky, 1985.
Missionary, Panama, 1951—1958, Colombia, 1951—1958. With National Church Executive Office, 1958—1961. Mission priest South Dakota, 1961—1963.
Bishop of Colombia, 1964—1972, Ecuador, 1964—1970. Bishop coadjutor Diocese of Kentucky, Louisville, 1972—1974, bishop of Kentucky, 1974—1994. Assistant bishop of Connecticut Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut, Hartford, 1994—1995.
1st president Anglican Council Latin American, 1969—1972. Chairman standing commission on ecumenical relations Episcopal Church, 1979—1982. President Kentucky Council Churches, 1988—1991.
Executive director Global Episcopal Mission, 1998—1999. Member governing board National Council of Churches of Christ in United States of America, 1982-1991, member executive committee, 1985-1991, secretary, 1988-1991. Anglican co-chairman Anglican Orthodox Theological Consultant, 1984-1994.
Board directors Alliant Health Systems (formerly Norton Kosair Children's Hospital), Louisville, 1979-1994. Trustee University of the South, 1972-1994, regent, 1979-1982. Chairman Louisville United Against Hunger, 1980-1984, 86-87.
Chairman Presiding Bishop's Committee on Interfaith Relations, 1991-1997. Member Harvard Club of Western Kentucky (president 1992-1994).
Married Susan Henry Riggs, October 30, 1954 (divorced). Children: Mary, Jennifer, David, Sarah, Catherine. Married Catherine Camp Luckett, April 15, 1984.