2011, Alexander announced that he would step down as bishop of Atlanta in the fall of 2012 after the election of his successor. In 2012, he returned to the University of the South, as Dean of the School of Theology, Professor of Liturgy, and Charles Todd Quintard Professor of Theology. In November 2019 it was announced that he would step down as Dean in August 2020, but continue as Professor of Liturgy and Quintard Professor. He has also taught at Candler School of Theology, Drew University, and Yale Divinity School. Consecrators Frank Tracy Griswold, 25th Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church USA Frank Kellogg Allan, 8th bishop of Atlanta Charles Judson Child, Jr., 7th bishop of Atlanta J. Neil Alexander was the 968th bishop consecrated in the Episcopal Church. Publications Bishop Alexander is the author and editor of a number of publications in the fields of liturgics, homiletics, sacramental theology, and pastoral practice, including a number of his sermons. Celebrating Liturgical Time: Days, Weeks, and Seasons, Church Publishing, 2014 This Far by Grace: A Bishop's Journey Through Questions of Homosexuality, Cowley Publications, 2003 With Ever Joyful Hearts: Essays on Liturgy and Music Honoring Marion J. Hatchett, Church Publishing, 1999 Waiting for the Coming: The Liturgical Meaning of Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany, Pastoral Press, 1993 Time and Community: Studies in Liturgical History and Theology, Pastoral Press, 1990 See also Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta List of Bishop Succession in the Episcopal Church Atlanta Diocese Centennial History page on Bishop Alexander. References Bishop's Page, Diocese of Atlanta website. The Episcopal Church Annual. Morehouse Publishing: New York, NY (2005). 1954 births Living people People from Winston-Salem, North Carolina Episcopal bishops of Atlanta Moravian University alumni University of South Carolina alumni Sewanee: The University of the South faculty General Theological Seminary faculty Converts to Anglicanism from Lutheranism Anglican liturgists