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Frank T. Griswold III, Bridge-Building Bishop, Dies at 85

Frank T. Griswold III, former chief primate and pastor of the Episcopal Church in America, has died at 85. He presided over the ordination of the denomination's first openly gay bishop, defying a threatened schism in 2003, and helped negotiate a full communion relationship with the Evangelical Luthe

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  • Frank T. Griswold III, former chief primate and pastor of the Episcopal Church in America, died at 85.
  • He presided over the ordination of the denomination's first openly gay bishop, defying a threatened schism in 2003.
  • Bishop Griswold was a scholarly moderate who inherited a shrinking and ideologically divided church.
  • He helped negotiate a full communion relationship with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America in 2001.
  • Bishop Griswold leaves behind a legacy of careful and sacrificial leadership.
Frank T. Griswold III, Bridge-Building Bishop, Dies at 85
As head of the Episcopal Church in America, he consecrated the denomination’s first gay bishop, ordained women as priests and formed a communion with Lutherans.
The New York TimesBy Sam Roberts

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