Frank Tracy Griswold
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The Most Reverend Frank Tracy Griswold III was the 25th Presiding Bishop and Primate of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America.
Bishop Griswold was educated at St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire and earned an A.B. in English literature from Harvard College (1959). He attended the General Theological Seminary and earned his B.A. and M.A. in theology from Oriel College, Oxford University (1962, 1966). He has received honorary degrees from the General Theological Seminary, Seabury-Western Theological Seminary, Nashotah House, Sewanee, The University of the South and Berkeley Divinity School.Griswold was ordained an episcopalian priest in 1963. After he was ordained he became a priest in Pensylvania. He worked at 3 parishes there. Frank Griswold served as bishop of chicago from 1987 until he became presiding bishop in 1997.
Currently, Griswold is a member of the Joint Standing Committee of the Primates of the Anglican Communion and the Anglican Consultative Council. He was co-chair of the Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission from 1998 to 2003, and a member of the standing committee for the 1998 Lambeth Conference. He has also served on diocesan, national and international committees for liturgy, worship and ecumenism. He is also a member of the Fellowship of the Society of St. John the Evangelist.
His term as presiding bishop expired on November first 2006. He was replaced by the Rt. Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori, the first woman primate in the anglican communion. She was elected by the General Convention of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America.
[edit] Consecrators:
- The Most Reverend John M. Allin, 23rd Presiding Bishop
- The Right Reverend Francis G. Burrill, 8th Bishop of Chicago
- The Right Reverend James W. Montgomery, 9th Bishop of Chicago
Frank Griswold was the 794th bishop consecrated in the Episcopal Church.
[edit] External links
- Griswold's official website as Presiding Bishop.
- Griswold's biography from the Presiding Bishop's website.
| Preceded by James W. Montgomery |
10th Bishop of Chicago 1987 – 1998 |
Succeeded by Herbert A. Donovan |
| Preceded by Edmond Lee Browning |
25th Presiding Bishop January 1, 1998 – November 1, 2006 |
Succeeded by Katharine Jefferts Schori |
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