Henry William Scriven (born 30 August 1951) is an

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who has served in Europe and in America.

Biography

Scriven was educated at Repton School in

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and later at the

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. He then studied at St John's College, Nottingham. He was ordained in 1975 and served for four years in the

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followed by two years in the Diocese of Northern Argentina for the

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(SAMS). With the onset of the

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, Scriven and his family moved to

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where he served Christ Episcopal Church, Little Rock as Assistant Rector for Education from 1982 to 1983. From 1984 to 1990, Scriven continued with SAMS in

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in the

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. He then served for five years as chaplain for the British Embassy Church in Madrid in the Diocese of

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in Europe of the

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. On 8 March 1995, he was consecrated as

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, as Suffragan Bishop in Europe. He was also commissioned by

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as an assistant bishop to the

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in May 1995. From 2002 to 2008, Scriven served the Diocese of Pittsburgh as assistant bishop. He is married to Catherine and has a daughter, Anna, and a son, Joel. Scriven is great-great-grandnephew of Joseph Scriven, Irish poet, best known as the writer of the poem which became the hymn "

What a Friend We Have in Jesus "What a Friend We Have in Jesus" is a Christian hymn originally written by preacher Joseph M. Scriven as a poem in 1855 to comfort his mother, who was living in Ireland while he was in Canada. Scriven originally published the poem anonymously, a ...

Consecrators

Scriven was the 980th

consecrated or (as in his case) received into the Episcopal Church in the United States of America.

References

External links

Scriven's webpage on the Diocese of Pittsburgh's website
1951 births Living people English people of Irish descent Alumni of the University of Sheffield Anglican suffragan bishops in Europe People educated at Repton School Episcopal bishops of Pittsburgh {{US-Anglican-bishop-stub