Frank Griswold
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The Right Reverend Frank Griswold SCP |
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| 25th Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church | |
Griswold preaching in 2007
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| In office | 1998–2006 |
| Predecessor | Edmond L. Browning |
| Successor | Katharine Jefferts Schori |
| Other posts | Bishop of Chicago (1987–1998) |
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| Ordination | 1976 |
| Consecration | 1987 by John Allin |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
September 18, 1937 Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Nationality | United States |
Frank Tracy Griswold III SCP (born September 18, 1937) is a retired American bishop. He was the 25th Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church.
Griswold was born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. He was educated at St Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire, and earned a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in English literature from Harvard College (1959). He attended the General Theological Seminary and also earned another Bachelor of Arts degree in theology (subsequently converted to Master of Arts) at Oriel College, Oxford University (1962, 1966).
Griswold was ordained an Episcopal priest in 1963 and then served at three parishes in Pennsylvania, including St Andrew's Church in Yardley, Pennsylvania, and St Martin-in-the-Fields in Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from 1976 until his nomination as Bishop of Chicago, a position he held from 1987 until he became the presiding bishop in 1997.
Griswold was co-chair of the Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission from 1998 to 2003. He was a member of the standing committee for the 1998 Lambeth Conference. He has also served on diocesan, national and international committees for liturgy, worship and ecumenism. He is interested in interfaith dialogue and currently sits on the Board of World Religious Leaders for the Elijah Interfaith Institute.
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