Bp. Stephen Scarlett was born in Walnut Creek, California, and raised in the East Bay area of northern California. Bp. Scarlett and his wife Nancy have three sons, Alexander, Eric and Michael. They are residents of Irvine, having lived in Woodbridge since 1987.
Bp. Scarlett attended the University of Oregon, where he received a bachelor’s degree in Finance and Real Estate. He pursued theological studies at St. Joseph of Arimathea Anglican Theological College in Berkeley, and Fuller Seminary in Pasadena, where he received an M.A. in Theology. He received a Doctor of Ministry degree from Denver Seminary.
Bp. Scarlett began his ministry as a lay reader by founding St. Mark’s Church in Kentfield, California, in 1983. He was ordained as a Deacon in February of 1986 and moved to Birmingham, Alabama. He spent his brief time there traveling around the south, visiting and serving Anglican churches in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina and Florida.
Bp. Scarlett was called to St. Matthew’s in October of 1986. He was ordained as a priest at St. Matthew’s in December of 1986, and has served as rector since that time. In October of 2013, he was consecrated as the Bishop Ordinary of the Diocese of the Holy Trinity.