Dorsey W. M. McConnell
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The Right Reverend Dorsey W.M. McConnell |
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| Bishop of Pittsburgh | |
| Church | Episcopal Church |
| Province | III |
| Diocese | Diocese of Pittsburgh |
| Elected | April 21, 2012 |
| Installed | November 9, 2012 |
| Predecessor | Rt. Rev. Kenneth L. Price (bishop provisional) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1983 (priest) |
| Consecration | October 20, 2012 by Katharine Jefferts Schori |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Dorsey W.M. McConnell |
| Nationality | American |
| Denomination | Episcopalian |
| Spouse | Betsy |
| Children | 1 son |
| Previous post | Rector, Church of the Redeemer, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts |
| Education |
Yale College General Theological Seminary |
The Rt. Rev. Dorsey Winter Marsden McConnell is an American Anglican bishop. He became the first bishop diocesan in the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh after the Rt. Rev. Robert Duncan was deposed for abandoning communion with the Episcopal Church as part of the Anglican realignment of disaffected theological conservatives in 2008.
McConnell was born into a military family and moved around often as a child. McConnell earned his bachelor's degree from Yale College and received a Fulbright scholarship for study in Paris. McConnell then worked several jobs including being an actor and polo groom before marrying and enrolling at General Theological Seminary for his master's of divinity.
McConnell was ordained a priest in 1983. He went on to become curate of St. Thomas, Fifth Avenue, Chaplain for the Episcopal Church at Yale, Rector of Church of the Epiphany, New York, and Rector of St. Alban's Church in Edmonds, Washington. In 2004, he was called to the rectorship of Church of the Redeemer, Chestnut Hill, in the Diocese of Massachusetts where he served until his election as Bishop of Pittsburgh.
McConnell was elected eighth and current bishop diocesan at a special convention held at Trinity Cathedral, downtown, on April 21, 2012. He became bishop-elect after receiving a majority of votes in both orders on the sixth ballot. He received 76% of clergy votes and 57% of lay votes. In addition to McConnell, the original slate of candidates included: the Rev. Michael N. Ambler, Jr., rector of Grace Church, Bath, Maine; the Rev. R. Stanley Runnels, rector of St. Paul's Church, Kansas City, Missouri; and the Rev. Ruth Woodliff-Stanley, rector of St. Thomas Church, Denver, Colorado. A local priest, the Rev. Scott T. Quinn, rector of Church of the Nativity, Crafton, Pennsylvania, was added to the final slate by petition.
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