Griswold, Frank, Retired Presiding Bishop

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Thu, 18 Sep 1937 12:28:39 EDT

Frank Griswold
Retired Presiding Bishop.

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#794 consecrated in 1985
PresdngBp of Epis Ch 98-06.
Born: 9/18/1937, Bryn Mawr PA

Harv AB 59. GTS 59-60, DD 85. Oxf BA 62, MA 66. SWTS DD 85.
. . Ivy League Graduate

Ordained deacon: 12/62, Priest: 6/63
Marriage: 27 Nov 65 Phoebe Wetzel c2.

Assignment when elected: St. Martins-in-the-Fields, Philadelphia. R.
Size of Parish. 5 Rank of size: .56

Current interim body membership:
Legislative committee at the 97 General Convention: Prayer Book and
Liturgy.

Law on homosexuality in NY: +

Law:
'+' = No sodomy law
1 = Sodomy is a felony for lbs & straights
2 = Sodomy is a misdemeanor for lbgs & straights
3 = Sodomy is a felony, but only for lbgs
4 = Sodomy is a misdemeanor, but only for lbgs

Statistics for Diocesan bishops:
communicants in 1995, Rank:
communicants in 1996. Rank:

Median Congregation:
Average Congregation:
Number of congregations with 1,000+ members:

Voting Record
ne 79 Voted "Not appropriate to ordain."
* 79 "*" means signed to dissent from the vote not to ordain.
0 88 Signed the General Synod Resolution (C of E).
A 90 Voted to Disassociate from the Diocese of Newark.
0 91 Signed the conservative "Irenaeus Resolution."
0 91 Voted for the Frey resolution (via Howe).
0 94 Signed the Province 7 Statement
1 94 Signed Bishop Spong's Statement of Koinonia
0 95 Signed the Presentment Against Walter Righter.
0 95 Signed the "Mea Culpa too" statement in support of Bp. Righter.
1 95 "Signed Peter Lee's compromise of the C004sa
1 95 Voted for C004sa to empower women's ministries in all Sees.
0 96 Signed letter condemning all gays as promiscuous as Penthouse said.
97 Voted to endorse the Kuala Lumpur Statement
1 97 Voted to insist on women's ministries in every diocese.
97 Voted to oppose homosexuality at Lambeth
98 Signed "Declaration" to disassociate from Bishop Spong's Call for a New Reformation
103 Consented to the consecration of Gene Robinson as Bishop of New Hampshire
103Attended the consecration of Gene Robinson as Bishop of NH, Nov. 2 and was the chief consecrator

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