Susan Goff
The Right Reverend Susan E. Goff M.Div. | |
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Suffragan Bishop and Ecclesiastical Authority of Virginia | |
Church | Episcopal Church |
Diocese | Virginia |
Elected | April 21, 2012 |
In office | 2012-present |
Orders | |
Ordination | 1980 |
Consecration | July 28, 2012 by Katharine Schori |
Personal details | |
Nationality | American |
Denomination | Anglicanism |
Spouse | Tom Holliday |
Alma mater | Douglass College Union Theological Seminary (New York City) |
Susan Ellyn Goff is an American prelate of the Episcopal Church, who has since 2012, served as Suffragan Bishop of Virginia and since 2018 has the Ecclesiastical Authority of the diocese in the absence of a diocesan.
Early life and education
Goff was educated at Douglass College, then a woman's liberal arts college in New Brunswick, New Jersey.[1] She trained for ordination at the Union Theological Seminary in New York City, and achieved a distinction in her Master of Divinity (M.Div.) degree.[2]
Ordained ministry
Goff was ordained in 1980.[1] She has spent all of her ordained ministry in the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia.[2][1]
On July 28, 2012, Goff was consecrated a bishop during a service at S. Paul's Episcopal Church in Richmond, Virginia. The chief consecrator was Katharine Jefferts Schori (the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church), and the co-consecrators included Shannon S. Johnston (the Bishop of Virginia).[1]
See also
- List of Episcopal bishops of the United States
- Historical list of the Episcopal bishops of the United States
References
- ^ a b c d Cherry, Emily (July 31, 2012). "Susan Ellyn Goff ordained bishop suffragan for Virginia". Episcopal News Service. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
- ^ a b "Bishop Goff". The Episcopal Diocese of Virginia. Retrieved 21 May 2016.