The Rt. Rev. Daniel Wilfie Herzog | |
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Bishop of Albany | |
Province | Episcopal Church in the United States |
Diocese | Albany |
Enthroned | 1997 |
Reign ended | January 31, 2007 |
Predecessor | David Standish Ball |
Successor | William H. Love |
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Ordination | 1970 |
Personal details | |
Born | 1941 Ogdensburg, New York |
Denomination | Roman Catholic, Episcopalian |
Alma mater | St. Lawrence University (Master's) |
Daniel Wilfie Herzog (born 1941) is a retired bishop of the Episcopal Church, who served in the Diocese of Albany from 1998 to 2007.[1] After his retirement, he became a Roman Catholic, but returned to the Episcopal Church three years later.
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Herzog was born in Ogdensburg, New York,[2] and raised in the Roman Catholic Church.[3] In 1964 he graduated from St. Bonaventure University.[4][5] He married and had five children. He and his wife joined the Episcopal Church in the late 1960s. Herzog studied at Nashotah House, graduating in 1970,[5] and was ordained a priest in the Episcopal Church. In 1971 he received a master's degree in education from St. Lawrence University.[5]
He served as director of personnel at the St. Lawrence Psychiatric Center in Ogdensburg while serving as assistant rector of an Episcopal parish there.[2] He later served as Rector of Christ Church, Schenectady.[2]
In 1997 he was elected Coadjutor-Bishop of Albany; he was elected on the first ballot.[6] The following year he succeeded as 8th Bishop of Albany when Bishop David Standish Ball retired. In 2003 he issued a pastoral letter opposing the election of Gene Robinson, a gay man, as Bishop of New Hampshire, and opposing the blessing of sexual relationships outside marriage.[7]
Herzog retired as Bishop of Albany on January 31, 2007. He was succeeded by Bishop William Love, who had been elected coadjutor bishop on March 25, 2006.[8]
In March 2007, Herzog and his wife Carol joined the Roman Catholic Church.[3][9] He was the third bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States to become a Roman Catholic, the others being Levi Silliman Ives in 1852 and Frederick Joseph Kinsman in 1919.[10] Herzog explained his conversion in a letter sent to his successor Bishop Love on March 19, 2007.[11] Herzog's predecessor in Albany, Bishop Ball, expressed concern at Herzog's conversion.[4][9] His successor, Bishop Love, stated that Herzog and his wife would continue to be welcome at diocesan events.[12]
In April 2010, presiding bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori promulgated his restoration to the ordained ministry of the Episcopal Church. [13] His return to ECUSA was page one news.[14]
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Preceded by David Standish Ball |
8th Bishop of Albany 1998 – 2007 |
Succeeded by William Love |