David B. Joslin

The Right Reverend David Bruce Joslin D.D.
Bishop of Central New York
Church	Episcopal Church
Diocese	Central New York
Elected	June 8, 1991
In office	1992–2000
Predecessor	O'Kelley Whitaker
Successor	Gladstone B. Adams III
Other post(s)	Assisting Bishop of New Jersey (2000–2003)
Orders
Ordination	1965 by  Alfred L. Banyard
Consecration	November 1991 by  Edmond L. Browning
Personal details
Born	(1936-01-08) January 8, 1936 (age 88) Collingswood, New Jersey, United States
Nationality	American
Denomination	Anglican (prev. Methodist)
Parents	Sheppard Joslin and Elizabeth Andrews
Spouse	Kathrine E. Brockett (m. June 15, 1958) Missy Bennett (m. 2017)
Children	2
Previous post(s)	Coadjutor Bishop of Central New York (1991-1992)

David Bruce Joslin (born January 8, 1936) was bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Central New York from 1992 to 2000.

Biography

Joslin was born in Collingswood, New Jersey, son of a Methodist minister and his wife, and raised in Linwood, New Jersey. ^{[1] [2]} He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Drew University in 1958 and then a Master of Divinity from the same university in 1961. He became an Associate in Anglican Studies at the Episcopal Divinity School in 1963, after joining the Episcopal Church. In 1965, Joslin was ordained a transitional deacon and, later that year, a priest in the Episcopal Church. ^[1]

Joslin served as associate rector of St Paul's Church in Montvale, New Jersey from 1965 to 1967, after becoming rector of St David's Church in Wilmington, Delaware. In 1974, he became rector of Christ Church in Westerly, Rhode Island, and in 1987, rector of the Church of St Stephen the Martyr in Edina, Minnesota, where he remained until 1991. ^{[3] [1] [4]}

In 1980, he published a book about the episcopacy. ^[5]

On June 8, 1991, at the age of 55, he was elected Bishop Coadjutor of the Diocese of Central New York at their annual convention. ^{[4] [6]} He succeeded the Rt. Rev. O'Kelley Whitaker, who was set to retire at the beginning of 1992. ^[4] He was elected on the third ballot. ^[4] His consecration would happen in November 1991 at St. Paul's Cathedral, Syracuse. ^[4]

At the time he was bishop, the Diocese of Central New York comprised "an 1,800-square-mile area [with] 40,000 members in its 106 parishes. ^[4] He served as bishop from 1992 to 1999. ^[7]

Almost immediately upon his consecration, Joslin had to accept the resignation of a high-ranking priest after a sex scandal in October 1992, which made national news; the priest, married to a woman, had engaged in affairs with young men. ^[8]

In 2000, he was appointed "Provisional Bishop" by Presiding Bishop Frank Griswold "to assist dioceses in transition from one bishop to another .... in the Dioceses of New Jersey and Long Island." ^[1] In New Jersey, he assisted with confirmations. ^[9] He led in the Diocese of Long Island in between when Bishop Orris Walker Jr. left and Lawrence Provenzano took over, between June and November 2009. ^[10] As an "assisting bishop", Joslin was a consecrator of Provenzano in 2009. ^[11]

In 2004, Joslin retired and returned to Westerly, to serve as an Assisting Bishop, and later, Bishop-in-residence. ^[1] In 2012, he served as interim dean of the Cathedral of Saint John, during a period when it had to suspend services due to lack of operating funds. ^[12] When that cathedral held its last religious services in April 2012, ^[13] Joslin was quoted as saying, "We tried to make it upbeat, with the music and so forth. And it was during the Easter season." ^[14] He was awarded a Doctor of Divinity from Berkeley Divinity School in 2017.

Personal life

Joslin was first married to Kathrine,(sic.) who died after a long illness. He married, secondly, in 2017 to Missy Bennett, "whom he had known for many years through her church work." ^[1]

References

1. "The Right Reverend David Joslin: Rector Emeritus, Bishop in residence". Christ Church, Westerly, Rhode Island. n.d. Archived from the original on July 30, 2019. Retrieved July 30, 2019.
2. "Montvale Church Ordains Priest", The Record , August 9, 1965. Accessed December 1, 2020. "The Rev. David B. Joslin was ordained to the priesthood of the Episcopal Church in services yesterday at St. Paul's Episcopal Church.... Born in Collingswood, he lived most of his youth in Linwood, a suburb of Atlantic City, and now resides with his wife and son at 11 Marion Road."
3. Photo directory archives of St. Stephen's Church, Edina, MN
4. "People". Episcopal News Service. September 17, 1991. Retrieved July 30, 2019.
5. Joslin, David B. (1980). Apostle in our midst: The office of bishop. Forward Movement. ASIN   B0006XM89C.
6. Burns, M.C. (November 10, 1991). "Episcopalians install The Rev. David Joslin as bishop coadjutor". Syracuse Herald Journal . p. C3.
7. "BISHOPS OF CENTRAL NEW YORK". Diocese of Central New York. July 2019. Retrieved July 30, 2010.
8. "TOP U.S. EPISCOPAL PRIEST QUITS AMID SEX SCANDAL". Chicago Tribune. October 7, 1992. Retrieved July 30, 2019.
9. "Rev. David B. Joslin to Visit St. Paul's For Confirmation" (PDF). G.O. Leader. May 9, 2002. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
10. Jones, Bart (November 1, 2009). "LI's new Episcopal bishop faces strong challenges". Newsday. Retrieved July 30, 2019.
11. Provenzano, Larry (September 1, 2009). "The Already and The Not Yet" (PDF). The Dominion. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 1, 2019. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
12. "Challenge Awaits New Bishop". The Living Church. March 12, 2012. Retrieved July 30, 2019.
13. "Providence cathedral holds final service". Episcopal Cafe. April 25, 2012. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
14. Hart, Will (June 13, 2012). "Behind the Stained Glass: What's next for the East Side Episcopalian churches?". East Side Monthly Magazine. Retrieved August 1, 2019.

• Episcopal Clerical Directory 2015