A. Robert Hirschfeld

A. Robert Hirschfeld 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]

Early life and education

Hirschfeld graduated from Dartmouth College in 1983. He completed a master's degree at Berkeley Divinity School at Yale in 1991.

Career

Hirschfeld took a post as vice chaplain at Christ Church in New Haven, Connecticut. He was then the pastor of Grace Church in Amherst, Massachusetts.[2]

Hirschfeld was elected bishop coadjutor on May 19, 2012, and consecrated bishop in Concord, New Hampshire, on August 4, 2012.[3] He served since 2013 as diocesan bishop, and replaced the previous bishop, Gene Robinson, on his retirement in January 2013.[4]

Personal

Hirschfeld married Polly Ingraham, and the couple have three children.

References

  1. ↑ "The Bisho Makes his Move". Dartmouth Alumni Magazine. G. Jeffrey MacDonald | Mar - Apr 2013
  2. ↑ "Amherst's Robert Hirschfeld prepares for move to New Hampshire as next Episcopal bishop there". Massachusetts Live, Diane Lederman on July 20, 2012
  3. ↑ Robert Hirschfeld ordained bishop coadjutor for New Hampshire
  4. ↑ Megan Doyle, "'He's following Jesus' Hirschfeld consecrated as head of N.H. Episcopal Church" Archived August 7, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.. Christian Science Monitor, August 5, 2012.
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