A. Robert Hirschfeld

The Right Reverend A. Robert Hirschfeld
Bishop of New Hampshire
Church	Episcopal Church
Diocese	New Hampshire
Elected	May 19, 2012
In office	2013–present
Predecessor	Gene Robinson
Previous post	Coadjutor Bishop of New Hampshire (2012–2013)
Orders
Ordination	January 18, 1992
Consecration	August 4, 2012 by  Katharine Jefferts Schori
Personal details
Born	(1961-01-10) January 10, 1961 (age 64) Red Wing, Minnesota, United States
Denomination	Anglicanism
Spouse	Polly Merritt Ingraham
Children	3
Alma mater	Dartmouth College Berkeley Divinity School

A. Robert Hirschfeld (born January 10, 1961) 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 has a master's degree in divinity from Berkeley Divinity School at Yale. ^[2]

Ordained ministry

Hirschfeld was ordained in the Episcopal Church (United States) on January 18, 1992. ^[3] He took a post as vice chaplain at Christ Church in New Haven, Connecticut. Following his work at Christ Church, he was Vicar/Chaplain and later rector of St. Mark's Episcopal Chapel on the campus of the University of Connecticut in Storrs. He was next called as the pastor of Grace Church in Amherst, Massachusetts. ^[4]

Hirschfeld was elected bishop coadjutor of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire on May 19, 2012. ^[5] On August 4, 2012, he was consecrated as a bishop in Concord, New Hampshire by Katharine Jefferts Schori, Presiding Bishop. ^[5] Since 2013, he has served as diocesan bishop, and replaced the previous bishop, Gene Robinson, on his retirement in January 2013. ^[6]

Personal life

Hirschfeld is married to Polly Ingraham, and the couple have three children. ^[3]

See also

• List of Episcopal bishops of the United States
• Historical list of the Episcopal bishops of the United States

References

1. "The Bishop Makes his Move". Dartmouth Alumni Magazine. G. Jeffrey MacDonald | Mar - Apr 2013
2. "Bishop Hirschfeld". Episcopal Church of New Hampshire. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
3. "The Rt. Rev. A. Robert Hirschfeld". episcopalchurch.org. The Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
4. "Amherst's Robert Hirschfeld prepares for move to New Hampshire as next Episcopal bishop there". Massachusetts Live, Diane Lederman on July 20, 2012
5. "New Hampshire diocese elects Robert Hirschfeld as bishop coadjutor". Episcopal Digital Network. The Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society. May 19, 2012. Archived from the original on January 16, 2017. Retrieved January 13, 2017.
6. 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.