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      ACNS 3462     |	  USA	  |	7 JUNE 2003

Canon Gene Robinson elected Bishop Coadjutor of New Hampshire

[ACNS source: Diocese of New Hampshire] The Revd Canon Gene V Robinson was
elected bishop coadjutor of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire today on
the 2nd ballot.

Canon Robinson is the first openly gay man in the Episcopal Church to be
elected as a bishop.

The other nominees were: the Revd Ruth Lawson Kirk, rector of St Peter's
Church in Glenside, PA; the Revd Canon Pamela Mott, pastor at Trinity
Cathedral in Portland, OR; and the Revd Robert Tate, rector of St
Martin-in-the-Fields parish in Philadelphia, PA. A fifth nominee, the Revd
Joe Goodwin Burnett was elected bishop of Nebraska in May.

The leadership of the national Episcopal Church now must ratify Canon
Robinsons election during the General Convention, meeting in Minneapolis in
late July. Both the House of Bishops and the House of Deputies will need to
approve his election by a two-thirds majority.

Canon Robinson has served as canon to the ordinary in New Hampshire since
1988 where he coordinates diocesan staff and ministry of the current bishop,
the Rt Revd Douglas E Thuener. Since 1983, Canon Robinson has served as
executive secretary of the Episcopal Province of New England, and since 2001
on the Board of Trustees of the General Theological Seminary in New York.

A 1969 graduate of the University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee, he has a
BA in American Studies/History. In 1973, he completed the MDiv at General
Theological Seminary; after ordination he served as curate at Christ Church,
Ridgewood, New Jersey. Upon moving to New Hampshire in 1975, he co-owned and
directed an accredited girls' summer camp and horse farm. As founding
director of Sign of the Dove Retreat Center in Temple, New Hampshire, he
facilitated spiritual direction and designed programs for a variety of
groups. He also managed the diocesan Living into Our Baptism program of
spiritual growth and development.

Canon Robinson enjoys entertaining and cooking, gardening, music and
running. The father of two grown daughters, Jamee and Ella, he lives with
his partner Mark Andrew, employed by the New Hampshire Department of Health
and Human Services.

[A photo of the Revd Canon Gene Robinson is available from:
http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acns/articles/34/50/acns3462.html

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