Kate Moorehead


Katherine Bingham "Kate" Moorehead is an American priest of the Episcopal Church and the tenth dean of St. John's Cathedral, Jacksonville, and the Diocese of Florida. Moorehead was installed as the dean on January 10, 2010.

Life and career

Moorehead was born in New Haven, Connecticut. She is the great-granddaughter of Hiram Bingham III, U.S. Senator from Connecticut and explorer best known for uncovering Machu Picchu. Moorehead graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Vassar College, receiving The Sara Caitlin Award for Religious Leadership and graduated Cum laude with a Master of Divinity degree from Virginia Theological Seminary, receiving the Harris Award for Academic Excellence and Leadership Ability.
Moorehead served as rector at St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church in Boiling Springs, South Carolina from 1998 to 2003 and St. James Episcopal Church in Wichita, Kansas from 2003 to 2009.

Writings