Daniel William Herzog (July 9, 1941 – August 4, 2023) was an American Anglican bishop. He served in the Diocese of Albany from 1998 to 2007.Episcopal Diocese of Albany website history page
. Retrieved January 12, 2009. After his retirement, he became a

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, but returned to the Episcopal Church three years later. He left it once again to join the

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in 2021.

Biography

Daniel William Herzog was born in

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,"Clergy Applaud New Episcopal Bishop"
, ''The Evangelist''. on July 9, 1941. He was raised in the Roman Catholic Church."Daniel W. Herzog", ''National Catholic Reporter'' 43 (April 20, 2007): 4. In 1964 he graduated from

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."Former Bishop Opts for Rome"
Accessed April 14, 2008. He married and had five children. He and his wife joined the Episcopal Church in the late 1960s. Herzog studied at

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, graduating in 1970, and was ordained a priest in the Episcopal Church. In 1971 he received a master's degree in education from St. Lawrence University. Herzog served as director of personnel at the St. Lawrence Psychiatric Center in Ogdensburg while serving as assistant rector of an Episcopal parish there. He later served as Rector of Christ Church,

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. In 1997 he was elected coadjutor bishop of Albany; he was elected on the first ballot. 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

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, a gay man, as

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, and opposing the blessing of sexual relationships outside marriage.

Retirement, departure to Rome, and return

Herzog retired as Bishop of Albany on January 31, 2007. He was succeeded by Bishop William Love, who had been elected

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on March 25, 2006. In March 2007, Herzog and his wife Carol joined the

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. '' Times Union'
story of March 30, 2007
In archives as of January 12, 2008. He was the third bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States to become a Roman Catholic, the others being

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in 1852 and

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in 1919. Herzog explained his decision in a letter sent to his successor Bishop Love on March 19, 2007. Herzog's predecessor in Albany, Bishop Ball, expressed concern at Herzog's departure. His successor, Bishop Love, stated that Herzog and his wife would continue to be welcome at diocesan events. In April 2010, presiding bishop

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promulgated his restoration to the ordained ministry of the Episcopal Church. His return to ECUSA was page one news.Scott Waldman, "Ex-Episcopal bishop returns to flock," ''Times-Union'', May 3, 2010, p. 1. Abstract found a
Kendall Harmon blog
and copy found a
anglicansunited.com
Both accessed August 5, 2010. In March 2021 Herzog announced that he would be resigning from ministry in the Episcopal church due to unspecified disagreements with the direction the church was headed. At the time of his statement, Herzog was serving as priest-in-charge of St. Augustine Episcopal Church in

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, a position Herzog said that he would stay in until Easter of 2021. On April 3, 2021, former Albany Bishop William Love announced that he would be joining

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, a diocese within the

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, as an Assistant Bishop. A week later on April 10, 2021, Herzog also announced that he would be joining the Anglican Church of North America and would be serving in ministry in the

. In retirement, Herzog pastored an ACNA church plant in the Utica area. He died of

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on August 4, 2023, at the age of 82.

Biography

Retirement, departure to Rome, and return

References

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