Garrison was born in 1945 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He has a bachelor's and a master's of religious education from Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus, Ohio and an honorary doctorate from General Theological Seminary in New York City. He was ordained a deacon in 1970 and priest in 1971 in the Roman Catholic Church. He joined the Episcopal Church on April 1, 1975, and was received as a deacon on April 12, 1975, and priest on August 25, 1975. He served as assistant at St Paul's Church in Sparks, Nevada before becoming regional vicar. He also served as vicar of St Matthew's Church in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was elected Bishop of Western New York on December 5, 1998. He was consecrated on April 24, 1999.[1]
As bishop he was active in international mission work and annually led a group of diocesan missioners to Honduras to carry out work at an orphanage sponsored by the Episcopal Church. Moreover, he also ordained the first three non-stipendiary locally trained priests in the Diocese of Western Massachusetts. Garrison was also active in youth work and established the annual Bishop's Ball which brings together a number of young people. He retired on April 30, 2011. He is married to Carol Sohanney Garrison and has three children, three stepchildren and two grandchildren.
michael, garrison, born, april, 1945, tenth, bishop, episcopal, diocese, western, york, serving, from, 1999, 2011, right, reverendbishop, western, yorkgarrison, 2015churchepiscopal, churchdiocesewestern, yorkin, office1999, 2011predecessordavid, bowmansuccesso. J Michael Garrison born April 1945 was tenth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Western New York serving from 1999 to 2011 The Right ReverendJ Michael GarrisonBishop of Western New YorkGarrison in 2015ChurchEpiscopal ChurchDioceseWestern New YorkIn office1999 2011PredecessorDavid BowmanSuccessorRalph William FranklinOrdersOrdination1971by Francis Peter LeipzigConsecrationApril 24 1999by Frank GriswoldPersonal detailsBornApril 1945Philadelphia Pennsylvania USDenominationAnglican prev Roman Catholic SpouseCarol SohanneyChildren3 Contents 1 Biography 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksBiography editGarrison was born in 1945 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania He has a bachelor s and a master s of religious education from Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus Ohio and an honorary doctorate from General Theological Seminary in New York City He was ordained a deacon in 1970 and priest in 1971 in the Roman Catholic Church He joined the Episcopal Church on April 1 1975 and was received as a deacon on April 12 1975 and priest on August 25 1975 He served as assistant at St Paul s Church in Sparks Nevada before becoming regional vicar He also served as vicar of St Matthew s Church in Las Vegas Nevada He was elected Bishop of Western New York on December 5 1998 He was consecrated on April 24 1999 1 As bishop he was active in international mission work and annually led a group of diocesan missioners to Honduras to carry out work at an orphanage sponsored by the Episcopal Church Moreover he also ordained the first three non stipendiary locally trained priests in the Diocese of Western Massachusetts Garrison was also active in youth work and established the annual Bishop s Ball which brings together a number of young people He retired on April 30 2011 He is married to Carol Sohanney Garrison and has three children three stepchildren and two grandchildren See also editList of Episcopal bishops of the United States Historical list of the Episcopal bishops of the United StatesReferences edit Episcopal Clerical Directory 2005 revised edition New York Church Publishing p 317 External links editWestern New York Elects Its 10th Bishop Episcopal Diocese Celebrates Ministry of Bishop J Michael Garrison nbsp This article about an American Episcopal or Anglican bishop is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title J Michael Garrison amp oldid 1097343364, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
