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{{short description|American Anglican bishop}}
{{Infobox Christian leader
| type        = Bishop
| honorific_prefix = [[The Right Reverend]]
| name        = Alex Farmer
| title       = Bishop of the Gulf Atlantic
| image       = BpFarmer.jpg
| church      = [[Anglican Church in North America]]
| see         = [[Gulf Atlantic Diocese]]
| term        = 2022–present
| predecessor = [[Neil Lebhar]]
| successor   = Incumbent
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| ordination     = 2000 (deacon)<ref name=search>{{cite web |title=GAD Bishop Search Page for Alex Farmer |url=https://gadbishopsearch.org/alex-farmer/ |accessdate=30 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830195835/https://gadbishopsearch.org/alex-farmer/ |archive-date=30 August 2022 |url-status=dead}}</ref><br />2000 (priest)<ref name=search />
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| consecration   = August 27, 2022<ref name=Bulletin>{{cite web |title=Gulf Atlantic Diocese Consecration Bulletin |url=https://static1.squarespace.com/static/56b8d736c6fc088f59ae8925/t/63068c486c9f1043b6ec5d9c/1661373513716/2022_08_27+Bishop+Alex+Consecration.pdf |accessdate=30 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830195356/https://static1.squarespace.com/static/56b8d736c6fc088f59ae8925/t/63068c486c9f1043b6ec5d9c/1661373513716/2022_08_27+Bishop+Alex+Consecration.pdf |archive-date=30 August 2022 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| consecrated_by = Archbishop [[Foley Beach]]
| rank           = 
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| birth_date    = 1966
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'''Charles Alexander Farmer''' (born 1966) is an American [[Anglican]] bishop. He is the second bishop of the [[Gulf Atlantic Diocese]], a diocese of the [[Anglican Church in North America]]. He was formerly rector of the Servants of Christ Anglican Church, [[Gainesville, Florida]].<ref name=resume>{{cite web |title=Alex Farmer's Resume |url=https://gadbishopsearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/AF_Resume_FINAL.pdf |accessdate=30 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830200449/https://gadbishopsearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/AF_Resume_FINAL.pdf |archive-date=30 August 2022 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Early life and career==
Farmer graduated from [[Jacksonville University]] in 1989, with a Bachelor of Arts in History.<ref name=resume /> He married his wife, Jody, in 1991<ref name=search /> and earned the [[Master of Divinity]] degree from [[Trinity School for Ministry]] in 2000.<ref name=resume /> In 2000, Farmer was appointed associate rector at All Souls Episcopal Church, Jacksonville, Florida. He served there until being called as rector of St Michael's Episcopal Church, Gainesville in August 2002.

==Anglican realignment==

In 2006, objecting to the consecration of [[Gene Robinson]] and the theological views of TEC, Farmer and around 140 parishioners left the Diocese of Florida, reorganizing from St Michael's into Servants of Christ Anglican Church.<ref name=resume/>

Farmer was elected the second bishop of the Gulf Atlantic Diocese of the [[Anglican Church in North America]] on May 14, 2022.<ref name=elected>{{cite web|title=The Rev'd Alex Farmer Elected Second Bishop of Gulf Atlantic Diocese|url=https://www.stpetersfl.com/church-life/bishop-elected| access-date=30 August 2022 |date=14 May 2022 |archive-date=30 August 2022 |publisher=St. Peters St. Peter's Anglican Cathedral |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830203655/https://www.stpetersfl.com/church-life/bishop-elected }}</ref> He was consecrated on August 27, 2022, at [[Cathedral Church of St Peter (Tallahassee, Florida)|St Peter's Cathedral]], Tallahassee, by chief consecrator [[Foley Beach]].<ref name=consecration>{{cite web|title=Alex Farmer Consecrated as the Second Bishop of the Gulf Atlantic Diocese|url=https://www.gulfatlanticdiocese.org/clergy-blog-2020/post/alex-farmer-consecrated-as-the-second-bishop-of-the-gulf-atlantic-diocese|access-date=30 August 2022 |date= 27 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830204021/https://www.gulfatlanticdiocese.org/clergy-blog-2020/post/alex-farmer-consecrated-as-the-second-bishop-of-the-gulf-atlantic-diocese |archive-date=30 August 2022 }}</ref> The co-consecrators were [[Neil Lebhar]], [[John Miller (bishop)|John E. Miller III]], and [[Steve Breedlove]]<ref name=Bulletin />

==Notes==
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==External links==
*[http://www.gulfatlanticdiocese.org/bishop Gulf Atlantic Diocese Bishop's Page]

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