Edward Ambrose Gumbs

Edward Ambrose Gumbs is the fifth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of the Virgin Islands.

Biography
Gumbs was born on the island of Anguilla to Edward Alfonso Gumbs and Drucilla (Cynthia) Hodge. In the late 1960’s, he migrated to St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands. He served in the US Navy from 1977 to 1981. After his tour of duty, he attended the College of the Virgin Islands, earning a Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences in 1984.

After studies at Virginia Theological Seminary, he was ordained to the diaconate on June 14, 1987, and to the priesthood on June 12, 1988. His ministry as a priest was primarily at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church. He was consecrated as a bishop on June 11, 2005.

He is married to Phillis Hodge and they are the parents of two daughters.