Jeffrey N. Steenson was elected the eighth bishop of the Diocese of the Rio Grande on October 24, 2004. He was consecrated as the 1000th bishop in the Episcopal Church on January 16, 2005, and installed on October 8, 2005, at the Cathedral Church of St. John in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Church Experience
Bishop, Episcopal Diocese of the Rio Grande (2004-present).
Canon to the Ordinary, Episcopal Diocese of the Rio Grande (2000-2004)
Rector, St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Fort Worth, Texas (1989-2000).
Rector, Church of the Good Shepherd, Rosemont, Pennsylvania (1985-89).
Assistant, All Saints’ Church, Wynnewood, Pennsylvania (1983-85).
Tutor and Adjunct in Theology, General Theological Seminary, New York (1983-85).
Lecturer in Anglican Theology, Lutheran Theological Seminary, Philadelphia (1985-86).
Assistant, All Saints’ Church, Highfield, Oxford, England (1980-83).
Episcopal Church Foundation Fellow at Christ Church, Oxford (1979-83).
Ordained to the Anglican Priesthood by the Bishop of Oxford (June 29, 1980).
Education
D.Phil. (Theology), University of Oxford, (1979-83). Thesis: “Basil of Ancyra and the Reception of the Nicene Creed.”
M.Div., Harvard Divinity School (1976-78). Major: New Testament and Early Christianity.
M.A. (church history), Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (1974-76).
B.A. (history), Trinity College (1970-74).
Associations
Board of Directors, Living Church Foundation (publishes the Living Church Magazine).
Board of Directors, Nashotah House (Episcopal Church’s Anglo-Catholic seminary).
Board of Directors, Hillspeak (publishes the Anglican Digest, Episcopal Book Club).
Personal
Birthdate: April 1, 1952.
Family: Married to Debra J. Arnold in 1974. Three children: Kristina (30), Eric (28), John Mark (22).
Interests: Flying (commercial, instrument-rated, ASEL & ASES).
