Peter James Lee

Peter James Lee (11 May 1938 - 2 July 2022) was an American bishop of the Episcopal Church.

Ministry Lee, a former newspaper reporter, was ordained deacon in 1967 and priest in 1968. He served as deacon at St John's Cathedral in Jacksonville, Florida, from 1967 till 1968, and then as assistant minister at St John's Church in Washington, D.C., till 1971. He served as Rector at the Chapel of the Cross (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) from 1971 to 1984.

Elected Coadjutor Bishop in the Diocese of Virginia, the largest Episcopal diocese in the country, Lee was consecrated and served from 1984 to 1985, until the sudden death of Bishop Robert Bruce Hall. and was ultimately successful, although that resolution only happened under his successor.

From 2009 to 2010, Lee officiated as Interim Dean at the Grace Cathedral (San Francisco). He served the General Theological Seminary of New-York in the same position from 2010 to 2011. Then he moved to France and became Interim Dean and Rector at the Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity in Paris in 2011 and 2012. From 2013 to 2014, he was Provisional Bishop in the Diocese of East Carolina. In November 2015, he was announced as the Assisting Bishop in the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina.

Honors and awards Lee was made a Commander (Brother) of the Order of Saint John in 2015.

Personal life Lee was married to Kristina Knapp (Kristy) Lee. They have two children, daughter Stewart and son James,