Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire
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The Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire, a diocese
of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America (ECUSA), covers the entire state
of New Hampshire
. It was originally part of the Diocese of Massachusetts
, but became independent in 1841. The see
city is Concord
. The diocese has no cathedral
.
, the Right Reverend Gene Robinson
, the first openly gay
bishop consecrated in the Anglican Communion
.
Diocese
A diocese is the district or see under the supervision of a bishop. It is divided into parishes.An archdiocese is more significant than a diocese. An archdiocese is presided over by an archbishop whose see may have or had importance due to size or historical significance...
of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America (ECUSA), covers the entire state
U.S. state
A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...
of New Hampshire
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian...
. It was originally part of the Diocese of Massachusetts
Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts
Episcopal Diocese of MassachusettsThe Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts is one of the nine original dioceses of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America....
, but became independent in 1841. The see
Episcopal See
An episcopal see is, in the original sense, the official seat of a bishop. This seat, which is also referred to as the bishop's cathedra, is placed in the bishop's principal church, which is therefore called the bishop's cathedral...
city is Concord
Concord, New Hampshire
The city of Concord is the capital of the state of New Hampshire in the United States. It is also the county seat of Merrimack County. As of the 2010 census, its population was 42,695....
. The diocese has no cathedral
Cathedral
A cathedral is a Christian church that contains the seat of a bishop...
.
Current bishop
On June 7, 2003, the diocese elected its current bishopBishop
A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...
, the Right Reverend Gene Robinson
Gene Robinson
Vicki Gene Robinson is the ninth bishop of the Diocese of New Hampshire in the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. Robinson was elected bishop in 2003 and entered office in March 2004...
, the first openly gay
Gay
Gay is a word that refers to a homosexual person, especially a homosexual male. For homosexual women the specific term is "lesbian"....
bishop consecrated in the Anglican Communion
Anglican Communion
The Anglican Communion is an international association of national and regional Anglican churches in full communion with the Church of England and specifically with its principal primate, the Archbishop of Canterbury...
.
Bishops of New Hampshire
| I. Alexander Viets Griswold Alexander Viets Griswold Alexander Viets Griswold was the Episcopal Bishop of the Eastern Diocese, which included all of New England with the exception of the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut.... , bishop of the Episcopal Eastern Diocese Episcopal Eastern Diocese The Eastern Diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America combined the territories of the states of Massachusetts , Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and Vermont under the supervision of a single bishop. It was organized in 1811 at a convention called under the influence of the church... from 1811 to 1832, when the Diocese of New Hampshire was split off. The Episcopal Church lists him as I New Hampshire; |
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| II. Carlton Chase Carlton Chase Carlton Chase was the first Bishop of the Diocese of New Hampshire in the Episcopal Church in the United States of America.-Early life:... |
1844–1870 |
| III. William Woodruff Niles William Woodruff Niles William Woodruff Niles was the third bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire and served as such from 1870 until his death in 1914.-Early life and education:... |
1870–1914 |
| IV. Edward Melville Parker | 1906–1925 |
| V. John Thomas Dallas | 1926–1948 |
| VI. Charles Francis Hall Charles Francis Hall Charles Francis Hall was an American Arctic explorer. Little is known of Hall's early life. He was born in the state of Vermont, but while he was still a child his family moved to Rochester, New Hampshire, where, as a boy, he was apprenticed to a blacksmith. In the 1840s he married and drifted... |
1948–1973 |
| VII. Philip Alan Smith | 1973–1986 |
| VIII. Douglas Edwin Theuner | 1986–2003 |
| IX. V. Gene Robinson | 2003–incumbent |