Frank Griswold



The Most Reverend Frank Tracy Griswold, III is the Presiding Bishop and Primate of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America.

He was born in 1937, and was the tenth Bishop of Chicago. He is married to Phoebe Griswold. He was ordained in 1963 and served three parishes in the Diocese of Pennsylvania before being elected bishop.

Currently, Bishop Griswold co-chairs the Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission. He has served on diocesan, national and international committees for liturgy, worship and ecumenism. He was on the standing committee for the Lambeth Conference and the planning committee of the House of Bishops, among others.

Frank Griswold has presented at and led conferences and retreats nationally and internationally throughout his ministry, spanning a variety of topics including ecumenism, evangelism, spirituality and theology.

His articles, essays and sermons have been published in periodicals and theological journals including Anglican Theological Review, Episcopal Life (monthly column), Cross Currents, Anglican Advance and many others. His daily meditations from the General Convention of 2000 produced a Cowley Publications Cloister Book entitled Going Home.

The Presiding Bishop was educated at St. Paul's School in Concord, N.H. and earned an A.B. in English literature at Harvard College (1959). He attended the General Theological Seminary and earned his B.A. and M.A. in theology at Oriel College, Oxford University (1962, 1966). He has received honorary degrees from the General Theological Seminary, Seabury-Western Theological Seminary, Nashotah House and Sewanee.