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V. Gene Robinson

The Right Reverend
Gene Robinson
Bishop of New Hampshire
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Bishop Gene Robinson in 2013
Church Episcopal Church (USA)
Diocese New Hampshire
Installed March 7, 2004
Term ended January 5, 2013
Predecessor Douglas E. Theuner
Successor A. Robert Hirschfeld
Orders
Ordination December 15, 1973
Consecration November 2, 2003
Personal details
Born (1947-05-29) May 29, 1947 (age 70)
Lexington, Kentucky
Nationality American
Denomination Episcopalian
Spouse
  • Isabella McDaniel (m. 1972–86)
  • Mark Andrew (m. 2008–14)
Children
  • Jamee Robinson (b. 1977)
  • Ella Robinson (b. 1981)
Profession Clergyman
Alma mater

Vicky Gene Robinson (born May 29, 1947 in Fayette County, Kentucky) is a bishop emeritus of the Diocese of New Hampshire in the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. Robinson was elected bishop coadjutor in 2003 and succeeded as diocesan bishop in March 2004. Before becoming bishop, he served as Canon to the Ordinary to the VIII Bishop of New Hampshire.

Robinson is widely known for being the first priest in an openly gay relationship to be consecrated a bishop in a major Christian denomination believing in the historic episcopate. His sexual orientation was privately acknowledged in the 1970s, when he studied in seminary, was ordained, married, and started a family. He went public with his sexual identity and divorced in 1986. He entered a formal relationship with his second partner, Mark Andrew, in 1988. When delegates to the Episcopal convention were voting on the ratification of his election, it became an issue of controversy. His election was ratified 62 to 45. After his election, many theologically conservative Episcopalians in the United States abandoned the Episcopal Church, formed the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) and aligned themselves with bishops outside the Episcopal Church in the United States, a process called the Anglican realignment. His story has appeared in print and film.

In 2009 he was given the Stephen F. Kolzak Media Award. In 2010 he announced his intention to retire in 2013, at 65. His successor is A. Robert Hirschfeld, who was elected bishop coadjutor on May 19, 2012, and consecrated bishop in Concord, New Hampshire, on August 4, 2012. Hirschfeld served with Robinson until Robinson's formal retirement on January 5, 2013. In 2014, Robinson announced his plans to divorce Mark Andrew.


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