Background
Wood was born in Cleveland, Ohio and grew up in Wickliffe, Ohio.
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Career
Wood served at Episcopal churches in Ohio until being called in 2000 as rector of Saint Andrew"s, Mount Pleasant, which was then a parish of the Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina. Under Wood"s leadership, Saint Andrews was described as "one of the Lowcountry’s biggest church success stories", growing to a membership of more than 3,000 and planting new churches in Goose Creek, downtown Charleston, and the Park Circle area of North Charleston. In 2006, Wood was one of three finalists in the election for Bishop of South Carolina.
Ultimately Mark Lawrence was elected.
Shortly after joining ACNA, Wood became involved with efforts to create the Diocese of the Carolinas, which was formed with 14 congregations with an average Sunday attendance of over 2,700. He served as vicar general of the diocese while in formation and, in 2012, he was elected to serve as its first bishop.
Wood was consecrated on August 25, 2012, at Saint Andrew"s by Archbishop Robert Duncan. Company-consecrators included Archbishop-elect Stanley Ntagali of Uganda and Bishops Roger Ames, John Guernsey, and Alphonza Gadsden.
