ABSTRACT
On a Sunday afternoon in November 2003, at a skating arena in Durham, New Hampshire, V. Gene Robinson, a priest in the Protestant Episcopal Church, reverently knelt before the national Presiding Bishop, Frank Griswold. As thousands of anxious spectators and scores of international media representatives looked on, Griswold placed his hands upon Robinson’s head and consecrated him Bishop Coadjutor for the Diocese of New Hampshire. Robinson stood, turned away from Griswold, and received his bishop’s miter (the symbol of his historical connectedness with the apostles of Jesus) from Mark Andrew.
