Rt Rev. Kirk Stevan Smith. Bishop of Arizona.

Rt. Rev. Kirk Stevan Smith.
Bishop of Arizona.

Kirk Stevan Smith
Bishop of Arizona
114 W Roosevelt
Phoenix, AZ 85003
Voice: 1602-254-0976
Fax:1602-495-6603
bishop@azdiocese.org

RRSAZ4@cox.net
http://azdiocese.org/

Email address for the diocese: ofcmgraz@quest.net

Province: 8

Succession #: 996
Elected on the 2nd ballot, 10/18/2003.
Consecrated as bishop coadjutor in April 2004. Ordinary from September 2004
Born: 6/6/51 at

Education:
73 Lewis & Clark
79 Yale-Berkeley Divinity School MDiv
83 Cornell, PhD

Ordained deacon: 6/79 Ordained priest: 1/80
Marriage: 12/1979 Holly Ellen Hamlett (div) c2; 4/1/1998 Laura Fisher Hilstrom.
Assignment when elected: St. James Los Angeles, Rector Size of parish: 5

Service on interim bodies in 2006-2009 triennium: Standing Commission on Episcopal Church Communication

Law: 2
'+' = 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:
communicants in 2001, rank: out of 100
communicants per congregation in 2001, rank: out of 100
Median congregation: 178.57
Average congregation: 262.42
Number of congregations with 1,000+: 8
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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

From his bio in the election process: "My leadership of the largest multicultural Episcopal congregation in the United States has instilled in me a passion for a church `where there are no outsiders.'"

Voting Record
ne03Consented to the consecration of Gene Robinson as Bishop of New Hampshire
ne03Voted to Endorse Certain Historic Anglican Doctrines and Policies -- Bishop Ackerman's resolution at GC 2003

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