Douglas Hahn

The Rt. Rev. Dr. Douglas Hahn is the seventh bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Lexington. He was elected on August 18, 2012, and ordained bishop on December 15, 2012, in Lexington, Kentucky.

Biography

Bishop Hahn was raised in Georgia but his ancestors include generations of Kentucky teachers and farmers. As a youth, Bishop Hahn often spent summers in a rural Mercer County, Kentucky. He is married to Kaye with whom he has three adult children.^[1]

Accession

The Very Rev. Dr. Douglas Hahn was elected bishop on August 18, 2012, at the diocese's 116th annual convention held at Christ Church Cathedral in Lexington, Kentucky. He was elected on the second ballot out of a field of six nominees. On that ballot he received 67 votes of 120 cast in the lay order and 26 of 44 cast in the clergy order. An election on that ballot required 61 in the lay order, and 23 in the clergy order.^[1][2]

He was ordained on December 15, 2012, at Christ Church Cathedral, Lexington, Kentucky. Chief consecrator was Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori. The co-consecrators were: the Rt. Rev. Neil Alexander, dean of the School of Theology at the University of the South; the Rt. Rev. Terry White, Bishop of Kentucky; the Rt. Rev. Stacy F. Sauls, Chief Operating Officer of the Episcopal Church; and sixth Bishop of Lexington; the Rt. Rev. Chilton R. Knudsen, Bishop of Maine, retired, and interim assisting Bishop of Lexington; and the Rt. Rev. William O. Gafkjen, Bishop of the Indiana-Kentucky Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.^[2]

Testimonials at the episcopal ordination were presented by Ann Davis McClain, treasurer and interim secretary of the Episcopal Diocese of Lexington; Buck Hinkle, Chancellor of the Episcopal Diocese of Lexington; the Rev. Deacon Mary Kilborn-Huey, chair of the Commission on Ministry of the Episcopal Diocese of Lexington; the Rev. Jan M. Cottrell, president of the Standing Committee of the Episcopal Diocese of Lexington; and the Rt. Rev. George D. Young, Bishop of East Tennessee, representing the bishops of the church.^[2]

Education

• Doctor of Ministry, Pastoral Leadership, University of the South, 2010 "Infusion: Youth Engaging Issues of Faith and Society"
• Sabbatical Grant for Pastoral Leaders, The Louisville Institute, 2007, "Refreshing the Roots of Ministry"
• Pastoral Care Specialist Certificate, Congregational Care and Development, 2004–05
• The Pastoral Institute, Leadership Columbus, 2001–02
• Diploma in Anglican Studies, General Theological Seminary, 1996
• MDiv, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1977
• BA, History, University of Georgia, 1974

Prior positions

• 1999-2012: Rector, St. Thomas, Columbus, GA, Convocational Dean 2003-2012
• 1993-1999: Associate, St. George's Episcopal, Griffin, GA
• 1990-1993: Buckhead Christian Community Ministry, Atlanta, GA (an outreach affiliate of the Cathedral of St. Phillip)
• 1991-1993: Rainbow House, Outreach of Christ Church Episcopal, Norcross, GA
• 1987-1990: Atlanta Baptist Association, Home Mission Board
• 1980-1986: Assistant, Morningside Baptist, Atlanta, GA
• 1978-1979: Chaplain, New Orleans Baptist Hospital, New Orleans, LA

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