The Episcopal Church of New Hampshire, a

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of the

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(ECUSA), covers the entire

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New Hampshire New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec to the nor ...

. It was originally part of the Diocese of Massachusetts, but became independent in 1841. The

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city is

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. The diocese has no

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Recent bishops

On June 7, 2003, the diocese elected

Gene Robinson Vicky Gene Robinson (born May 29, 1947) is a former bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire. Robinson was elected bishop coadjutor in 2003 and succeeded as bishop diocesan in March 2004. Before becoming bishop, he served as Canon to the ...

, the first openly

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bishop consecrated in the

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. Robinson retired in 2013 at 65. His successor is the current bishop, A. Robert Hirschfeld, who was elected bishop coadjutor on May 19, 2012, and consecrated bishop in Concord on August 4, 2012. Hirschfeld served with Robinson until Robinson's formal retirement in January 2013. In 2016, the diocese reported 11,903 members in 49 open parishes and missions.

Bishops of New Hampshire

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Alexander Viets Griswold Alexander Viets Griswold (April 22, 1766 – February 15, 1843) was the 5th Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States from 1836 until 1843. He was also the Bishop of the Eastern Diocese, which included all of New Englan ...

, bishop of the

Episcopal Eastern Diocese At the founding of The Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States, all of New England was considered one diocese — the Diocese of Connecticut — led by Bishop Samuel Seabury. In 1811, the congregations in Massachusetts petitioned ...

from 1811 to 1832, when the Diocese of New Hampshire was split off. The Episcopal Church lists him as ''I New Hampshire''. #

Carlton Chase Carlton Chase (February 20, 1794 – January 18, 1870) was the first Bishop of the Diocese of New Hampshire in the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. Early life Chase was born in Hopkinton, New Hampshire, the son of Captain Charl ...

(1844-1870) #

William Woodruff Niles William Woodruff Niles (May 24, 1832 - March 31, 1914) was the third bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire, United States, and served as such from 1870 until his death in 1914.''Who Was Who in America'', Vol. 1, 1897-1942, Chicago, Mar ...

(1870-1914) #

Edward Melville Parker Edward Melville Parker (July 11, 1855 - October 22, 1925) was a bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States. Biography Education He was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the son of Henry Melville Parker and Fanny Cushing (Stone) Parker. ...

(1914-1925) #

John Thomas Dallas John Thomson Dallas (April 15, 1880 – December 4, 1961) was the fifth Bishop of New Hampshire in the Episcopal Church from 1926 to 1948. Biography Dallas was born in Waterbury, Connecticut. He studied at Yale University from where he graduate ...

(1926-1948) #

Charles Francis Hall Charles Francis Hall ( – November 8, 1871) was an American Arctic explorer, best known for his collection of Inuit testimony regarding the 1845 Franklin Expedition and the suspicious circumstances surrounding his death while leading th ...

(1948-1973) #

Philip Alan Smith Philip Alan Smith (April 2, 1920 – October 10, 2010) was the seventh bishop of New Hampshire in the Episcopal Church. Education Smith was born on April 2, 1920, in Belmont, Massachusetts, the son of Herbert Smith and Elizabeth McDonald. He was ...

(1973-1986) # Douglas E. Theuner (1986-2003) # V. Gene Robinson (2003-2013) # A. Robert Hirschfeld (2013–present)

References

External links

Official website of the Episcopal Church of New Hampshire
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