Susan Goff
The Right Reverend Susan E. Goff | |
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Church | Episcopal Church (United States) |
Diocese | Virginia |
Orders | |
Ordination | c. 1980 |
Consecration |
28 July 2012 by Katharine Schori |
Personal details | |
Denomination | Anglicanism |
Alma mater |
Douglass College Union Theological Seminary (New York City) |
Susan Ellyn Goff is an American Anglican bishop. Since 2012, she has been the suffragan bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia. She was consecrated as a bishop on July 28, 2012.
Early life and education
Goff was educated at Douglass College, then a woman's liberal arts college in New Brunswick, New Jersey.[1] She trained for ordination at the Union Theological Seminary in New York City, and achieved a distinction in her Master of Divinity (MDiv) degree.[2]
Ordained ministry
Goff was ordained in 1980.[1] She has spent all of her ordained ministry in the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia.[2][1]
On July 28, 2012, Goff was consecrated a bishop during a service at S. Paul's Episcopal Church in Richmond, Virginia. The chief consecrator was Katharine Jefferts Schori (the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church), and the co-consecrators included Shannon S. Johnston (the Bishop of Virginia).[1]
See also
- List of Episcopal bishops of the United States
- Historical list of the Episcopal bishops of the United States
References
- 1 2 3 4 Cherry, Emily (July 31, 2012). "Susan Ellyn Goff ordained bishop suffragan for Virginia". Episcopal News Service. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
- 1 2 "Bishop Goff". The Episcopal Diocese of Virginia. Retrieved 21 May 2016.