The Right Reverend Gordon Paul Scruton . | |
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Bishop of Western Massachusetts | |
Church | Episcopal Church |
Diocese | Western Massachusetts |
Elected | June 29, 1996 |
In office | 1996–2012 |
Predecessor | Robert S. Denig |
Successor | Douglas John Fisher |
Orders | |
Ordination | 1972 |
Consecration | October 12, 1996 by Edmond L. Browning |
Personal details | |
Born | |
Denomination | Anglican |
Spouse | Rebecca Scruton |
Children | 2 |
Gordon Paul Scruton (born March 8, 1947) was the Bishop of Western Massachusetts from 1996 till 2012.
Scruton was born in 1947 in Rochester, New Hampshire. [1] According to his official biography he received a master's degree in English, magna cum laude, from Barrington College, then studied at the Boston University School of Theology, receiving a master's degree in theology in 1971. Scruton married Rebecca S. Polley in 1968. [1] He was ordained a deacon in 1971, a priest in 1972, [2] and served as an assistant rector at St. Mark's Church in Riverside, Rhode Island and at St. Paul's Church in Kingston, Rhode Island in the mid-1970s. [1] Scruton was rector of Grace Church in Dalton, Massachusetts from 1977 to 1981, and St. Francis Church in Holden, Massachusetts thereafter. [1]
Scruton was elected the eighth Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Western Massachusetts on June 29, 1996. [1] He was consecrated bishop on October 12, 1996, in Springfield, Massachusetts. [1] [2] He was consecrated by the following current or retired bishops: Alexander Doig Stewart (American bishop)|Alexander Stewart]], Andrew Wissemann, M. Thomas Shaw, Barbara Clementine Harris, and Emmanuel Kolini (Bishop of the Diocese of Shaba in Zaire). [1] Presiding Bishop Edmond Lee Browning was also a consecrator. [2]
Likewise, Scruton was a co-consecrator of George Edward Councell as eleventh bishop of New Jersey. [3] [4]
He has been very active in the House of Bishops since 2001. [5] Scruton has been on the court for the trial of a bishop. [6] [7] [8] He has acted as a mediator in the dispute between the Bishop of Connecticut and some priests in that state in 2007. [9] In 2009, he also served on a committee to assist the Diocese of Southern Virginia in their internal conflicts. [10] He retired on December 1, 2012. [11]
The Right Reverend Gordon Paul Scruton . | |
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Bishop of Western Massachusetts | |
Church | Episcopal Church |
Diocese | Western Massachusetts |
Elected | June 29, 1996 |
In office | 1996–2012 |
Predecessor | Robert S. Denig |
Successor | Douglas John Fisher |
Orders | |
Ordination | 1972 |
Consecration | October 12, 1996 by Edmond L. Browning |
Personal details | |
Born | |
Denomination | Anglican |
Spouse | Rebecca Scruton |
Children | 2 |
Gordon Paul Scruton (born March 8, 1947) was the Bishop of Western Massachusetts from 1996 till 2012.
Scruton was born in 1947 in Rochester, New Hampshire. [1] According to his official biography he received a master's degree in English, magna cum laude, from Barrington College, then studied at the Boston University School of Theology, receiving a master's degree in theology in 1971. Scruton married Rebecca S. Polley in 1968. [1] He was ordained a deacon in 1971, a priest in 1972, [2] and served as an assistant rector at St. Mark's Church in Riverside, Rhode Island and at St. Paul's Church in Kingston, Rhode Island in the mid-1970s. [1] Scruton was rector of Grace Church in Dalton, Massachusetts from 1977 to 1981, and St. Francis Church in Holden, Massachusetts thereafter. [1]
Scruton was elected the eighth Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Western Massachusetts on June 29, 1996. [1] He was consecrated bishop on October 12, 1996, in Springfield, Massachusetts. [1] [2] He was consecrated by the following current or retired bishops: Alexander Doig Stewart (American bishop)|Alexander Stewart]], Andrew Wissemann, M. Thomas Shaw, Barbara Clementine Harris, and Emmanuel Kolini (Bishop of the Diocese of Shaba in Zaire). [1] Presiding Bishop Edmond Lee Browning was also a consecrator. [2]
Likewise, Scruton was a co-consecrator of George Edward Councell as eleventh bishop of New Jersey. [3] [4]
He has been very active in the House of Bishops since 2001. [5] Scruton has been on the court for the trial of a bishop. [6] [7] [8] He has acted as a mediator in the dispute between the Bishop of Connecticut and some priests in that state in 2007. [9] In 2009, he also served on a committee to assist the Diocese of Southern Virginia in their internal conflicts. [10] He retired on December 1, 2012. [11]