The Right Reverend A. Robert Hirschfeld | |
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Bishop of New Hampshire | |
Church | Episcopal Church |
Diocese | New Hampshire |
Elected | May 19, 2012 |
In office | 2013–present |
Predecessor | Gene Robinson |
Orders | |
Ordination | January 18, 1992 |
Consecration | August 4, 2012 by Katharine Jefferts Schori |
Personal details | |
Born | |
Nationality | American |
Denomination | Anglicanism |
Spouse | Polly Merritt Ingraham |
Children | 3 |
Previous post(s) | Coadjutor Bishop of New Hampshire (2012–2013) |
Alma mater |
Dartmouth College Berkeley Divinity School |
A. Robert Hirschfeld (born January 10, 1961) is a bishop in the Episcopal Church in the United States. In 2013 he became the tenth and current bishop of the Diocese of New Hampshire. [1]
Hirschfeld graduated from Dartmouth College in 1983. He has a master's degree in divinity from Berkeley Divinity School at Yale. [2]
Hirschfeld was ordained in the Episcopal Church (United States) on January 18, 1992. [3] He took a post as vice chaplain at Christ Church in New Haven, Connecticut. Following his work at Christ Church, he was Vicar/Chaplain and later rector of St. Mark's Episcopal Chapel on the campus of the University of Connecticut in Storrs. He was then the pastor of Grace Church in Amherst, Massachusetts. [4]
Hirschfeld was elected bishop coadjutor the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire on May 19, 2012. [5] On August 4, 2012, he was consecrated as a bishop in Concord, New Hampshire by Katharine Jefferts Schori, Presiding Bishop. [5] Since 2013, he has served as diocesan bishop, and replaced the previous bishop, Gene Robinson, on his retirement in January 2013. [6]
Hirschfeld is married to Polly Ingraham, and the couple have three children. [3]