Bishop Chadwick Fionn Carlton is a pastor, entrepreneur, mentor, husband, and father, who relishes opportunities to engage multi-ethnic cultures seeking to interpret human dynamics, specifically those that enjoin racial antipathy, pathos, and public incivilities that do not undergird social harmony. These interests are the underpinnings for his social work as Chief Operating Officer of Lifejacket, Incorporated, a federally sanctioned company organized to abate hunger and homelessness domestically and internationally; Blue Water, a Foundation that he serves as Principal Chairman, with the primary purpose of supporting human development initiatives such as financial literacy, racial justice, and post-secondary academic support.
Through his church, The Temple of Healing Waters Church of God in Christ, Dulles, Virginia, Bishop Carlton engages congregants to advance measurable change spiritually and naturally.
In November 2019, during the 112th Annual Holy Convocation of the Church of God in Christ, Bishop Carlton was consecrated to the office of Jurisdictional Prelate, Republic of Korea Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction by Presiding Bishop Charles Edward Blake, Sr., with the assistance of members of the General Board.
In March 2020, Bishop Carlton was appointed as the Commissioner of Education for the Church of God in Christ by Presiding Bishop J. Drew Sheard. The Following year, March 2021, he was appointed as the Dean of the Episcopal Academy.
In August 2023, Bishop Carlton was appointed as the Chancellor of Education and President of Charles Harrison Mason Theological Seminary by Presiding Bishop J. Drew Sheard. Bishop Carlton spends countless hours coaching business leaders, professional athletes, and pastors across the domestic United States on techniques that would maximize their personal gifts and the religious and civic institutions they serve.
Bishop Carlton is a scholar and post-secondary educator, earning degrees from the University of Maryland, Bachelor of Arts; St. Thomas University, Master of Science; Wesley Theological Seminary, Master of Theological Studies; Wesley Theological Seminary, Doctor of Ministry (DMin); LaSalle University, Doctor of Theology (ThD). Bishop Carlton is currently enrolled in the Executive Scholar Program at Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University. He is married to Evangelist M. Darice Carlton, and has three children: Dylan, Dru, and Denver.