Former Presiding Bishop Michael Curry keeps busy travel schedule in first year of retirement

Travel. It typically ranks high on lists of retirement goals, offering an adventurous or relaxing break from the retiree’s former professional routine.

The Rt. Rev. Michael Curry is no typical retiree. Travel dominated his professional routine, and retirement clearly hasn’t slowed him down.

During his nine-year term as presiding bishop, Curry visited nearly all of The Episcopal Church’s more than 100 dioceses. Since stepping down in October 2024, rather than spend his first year of retirement resting back home in Raleigh, North Carolina, the former presiding bishop has scheduled a wide range of engagements almost as adventurous as before. To read more, click here