Rt Rev. Herbert A. Donovan. Retired Bishop of Arkansas and Assisting Bishop of New York.

Rt. Rev. Herbert A. Donovan.
Retired Bishop of Arkansas and Assisting Bishop of New York.

Herbert A. Donovan
Retired Bishop of Arkansas and Assisting Bishop of New York
152 Broadway, #8
New York, NY 10522
Voice: 1212-316-7400
Fax: 1212-316-7405
msdonovan@msn.com
http://www.dioceseny.org/

Province: 2

Succession #: 748
Consecrated in 1980
Vic Trin-Wall St 93-. Born: 7/14/31 at WDC

Education:
54 Virginia
57 VTS MDiv

Ivy League Graduate

Ordained deacon: 6/57 Ordained priest: 12/57
Marriage: 7/7/59 . Children: 3 . Spouse: Mary

Assignment when elected: St. Lukes, Montclair, NJ, . R. Before becoming Bp. of Arkansas, 1980. Vicar of Trinity Parish since 1993. Size of parish: 6

Law on homosexuality in NY +

Law:
'+' = No sodomy law
1 = Sodomy is a felony for lbs & straights
2 = Sodomy is a misdemeanor for lbgs & straights
3 = Sodomy is a felony, but only for lbgs
4 = Sodomy is a misdemeanor, but only for lbgs

Statistics for Diocesan bishops:
N/A communicants in 1995, Rank: N/A
communicants in 1996. Rank:

Median Congregation:
Average Congregation:

Number of congregations with 1,000+ members:

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How votedYrThe Issue
1=Yes
0=No
blank=not known
ne=Not eligible
99 e.g. Actions in green are votes that if 'yes' are favorable to lesbigays
Actions in red are votes that if 'yes' are unfavorable to lesbigays
Actions in black are votes that are neutral to lesbigays

Voting Record
ne 79 Voted "Not appropriate to ordain."
* 79 "*" means signed to dissent from the vote not to ordain.
0 88 Signed the General Synod Resolution (C of E).
0 90 Voted to Disassociate from the Diocese of Newark.
91 Signed the conservative "Irenaeus Resolution."
0 91 Voted for the Frey resolution (via Howe).
0 94 Signed the Province 7 Statement
1 94 Signed Bishop Spong's Statement of Koinonia
0 95 Signed the Presentment Against Walter Righter.
95 Signed the "Mea Culpa too" statement in support of Bp. Righter.
0 95 "Signed Peter Lee's compromise of the C004sa
1 95 Voted for C004sa to empower women's ministries in all Sees.
96 Signed letter condemning all gays as promiscuous as Penthouse said.
0 97 Voted to endorse the Kuala Lumpur Statement
1 97 Voted to insist on women's ministries in every diocese.
97 Voted to oppose homosexuality at Lambeth
98 Signed "Declaration" to disassociate from Bishop Spong's Call for a New Reformation
1 00 Voted for Blessing of Same-Gender Unions to be added to Book of Occasional Services (8th resolve to D039)
1 01 Signed a statement supporting Bishop Jane Dixon regarding her actions in Accokeek
abstained 03Voted to Endorse Certain Historic Anglican Doctrines and Policies -- Bishop Ackerman's resolution at GC 2003
103Attended the consecration of Gene Robinson as Bishop of NH, Nov. 2

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