Frank Griswold

 ( 1937 Births ) 

Griswold was co-chair of the Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission from 1998 to 2003. He was a member of the standing committee for the 1998 Lambeth Conference. He also served on diocesan, national, and international committees for liturgy, worship, and ecumenism. He was interested in interfaith dialogue and sat on the board of World Religious Leaders for the Elijah Interfaith Institute. The Elijah Interfaith Institute - Christian Members of the Board of World Religious Leaders

In 2003, Griswold supported the successful appointment of Gene Robinson as bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire, making Robinson the denomination's first openly gay bishop. Griswold presided over Robinson's ordination ceremony. Due to threats of violence, there was a heavy security presence and both men wore bulletproof vests.

Griswold's term as presiding bishop ended on November 1, 2006. He was succeeded by Katharine Jefferts Schori, the first woman to become a primate in the Anglican Communion. He continued a ministry of teaching, preaching, writing, lecturing and leading retreats, nationally and internationally. Following completion of his term as presiding bishop, he served as a visiting professor at seminaries and universities in South Korea, Cuba and Japan, as well as at the Episcopal Divinity School and the Church Divinity School of the Pacific, Virginia Theological Seminary and Seabury-Western. He also served as bishop visitor to the Society of St. John the Evangelist.

He was the author of Going Home: An Invitation to Jubilee (2000), Tracking Down the Holy Ghost: Reflections on Love and Longing (2017) and Praying Our Days: A Guide and Companion (2018) and, with the Rev. Mark McIntosh, the co-author of Seeds of Faith: Theology and Spirituality at the Heart of Christian Belief and Harvest of Hope: A Contemplative Approach to Holy Scripture (both 2022).