Topic: Gene Robinson

Court rules for national church in dispute with congregation

ATLANTA (Reuters) - An historic church building in the city of Savannah belongs to the national Episcopal Church, not a breakaway congregation that left the national church following the naming of an openly gay bishop in New Hampshire, the Georgia Supreme Court ...
2010 Religion News Service (RNS) Openly gay Episcopal Bishop V. Gene Robinson, whose 2003 election caused a major schism within the Episcopal Church and the worldwide Anglican Communion, announced on Saturday (Nov. 6) that he will retire in early 2013. Robinson, who ...
Bishop V. Gene Robinson, who recently made headlines for adding his voice to the " Robinson will only be 65 when he steps down -- young for a bishop -- just shy of a decade since New Hampshire Episcopalians rocked the global ...
And it's much earlier than expected. Bishop V. Gene Robinson, whose consecration as the first openly gay bishop in the Episcopal Church set off a historic rift in the global Anglican Communion, announced to his New Hampshire diocese on Saturday that he ...
Openly gay Bishop Gene V. Robinson announced Saturday that he's retiring in 2013Openly gay Bishop Gene V. Robinson announced Saturday that he's retiring in 2013, the AP reported. Robinson was elected the first openly gay bishop of the Episcopal Church in 2003. ...

First openly gay Episcopal bishop to retire in 2013

BOSTON (Reuters) - Gene Robinson, whose consecration as the U.S. Episcopal Church's first openly gay bishop opened a deep rift in the worldwide Anglican Communion, said Saturday he planned to retire in 2013.Robinson's election as bishop of New Hampshire in 2003 led ...
First openly gay Episcopal bishop to retire in 2013, citing stress of pioneering roleThe first openly gay Episcopal bishop said Saturday that he will retire in 2013, due in part to the "constant strain" on him and his family from the worldwide ...
A lesbian priest has been confirmed as an assistant bishop in Los Angeles, making her the Episcopal Church's second openly gay bishop and potentially widening its breach with Anglicans overseas.. Glasspool, 56, has been with her partner since 1988, and will become ...

Gay Bishop To Address Rights Group

Openly gay Episcopal Bishop V. Gene Robinson will be among the speakers to address a gay fundraiser in Austin, Texas Openly gay Episcopal Bishop V. Gene Robinson will be among the speakers to address a gay fundraiser in Austin, Texas.Robinson is the ...
The election Sunday of a second openly gay bishop in the Anglican Church drew a stern warning from the Archbishop of Canterbury, head of the 77 million Anglicans worldwide.The move from the Episcopal diocese of Los Angeles to elect 55-year-old Reverend Canon ...
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