The Bishop Search and Nomination Committee joyfully announces the nominees for a Bishop Coadjutor to succeed the Right Reverend V. Gene Robinson, Ninth Bishop of New Hampshire.

Download the Nominee Profiles & Questions (PDF, 2.6MB).

There was “absolute and immediate Search Committee consensus” around these gifted and experienced priests.

Penny, Rob, and Bill will return to New Hampshire for Meet & Greet gatherings arranged by the Election and Transition Committee on May 1 (Christ Episcopal Church, Exeter), May 2 (The Holderness School, Plymouth), and May 3 (St. Paul's School, Concord). On Saturday, May 19th, 2012, the Bishop Coadjutor will be elected by the canonically resident clergy and the elected lay delegates from each of the 47 congregations. Consent to the bishop’s election will be sought at the General Convention of the Episcopal Church in Indianapolis during July.

Katharine Jefferts Schori, Presiding Bishop, is scheduled to consecrate the Bishop Coadjutor on August 4, 2012. On January 5th, 2013, the installation of the Tenth Bishop of New Hampshire will take place at St. Paul’s Church in Concord, New Hampshire.

The Search Committee is profoundly grateful to all who participated in the many phases of this spiritual discernment, and requests prayers for our nominees, their families and congregations, and our Election and Transition Committee.

The deadline for receiving Bishop Nominations by Petition was March 29 2012 and no Nominations have been received. Accordingly, the final slate of Nominees for our next Bishop remains the three Nominees presented by the Search Committee: the Rev Penny Bridges, the Rev Bob Hirschfeld and the Rev Bill Rich. We would like to thank the Search Committee for their hard work, spirit-led discernment, and for presenting the diocese with such excellent Nominees.

The Diocesan Standing Committee
Rev. Adrian Robbins-Cole, President