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'''Frank Tracy Griswold III''' (born 18 September 1937 in [[Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania]]<ref>{{Cite book | author=Prichard, Robert W.; Pub Co, Morehouse | authorlink= | coauthors= | title=A history of the Episcopal Church | date=1999 | publisher=Morehouse Pub. | location=Harrisburg, PA  | isbn=0-8192-1828-6 | pages=343}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book | last=Webber | first=Christopher | authorlink=Christopher Webber | coauthors= | title=Give us grace: an anthology of Anglican prayers | date=2004 | publisher=Morehouse Pub. | location=Harrisburg, PA  | isbn=0-8192-1962-2 | pages=445}}</ref><ref>[http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Ramallah+school+shut+down:+%28Frank%29+Griswold+files+complaint-a030038601 thefreelibrary.com]</ref><ref>[http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~lcrew/bishops/0102.html andromeda.rutgers.edu]</ref><ref>[http://texasbishop.blogspot.com/2008/03/why-elect-young-bishop-ready-for-review.html texasbishop.blogspot.com]</ref>) was the 25th [[Presiding Bishop]] and [[Primate (religion)|Primate]] of the [[Episcopal Church in the United States of America]]. 

Bishop Griswold was educated at [[St. Paul's School (Concord, New Hampshire)|St Paul's School]] in [[Concord, New Hampshire|Concord]], [[New Hampshire]] and earned an [[Bachelor of Arts|AB]] in English literature from [[Harvard College]] (1959). He attended the [[General Theological Seminary]] and earned his [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]] in [[theology]] and [[Master of Arts (Oxbridge)|MA]] from [[Oriel College, Oxford|Oriel College]], [[Oxford University]] (1962, 1966). 

He has received honorary degrees from the [[General Theological Seminary]], [[Seabury-Western Theological Seminary]], [[Nashotah House]], [[Sewanee, The University of the South]] and [[Berkeley Divinity School]].  Griswold was ordained an Episcopal priest in 1963 and then served at three parishes in Pennsylvania, including St Andrew's Church in Yardley, Pennsylvania, and St Martin-in-the-Fields in Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from 1976 until his nomination as Bishop of Chicago.  Griswold served as [[List of Bishops in the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago|Bishop of Chicago]] from 1987 until he became presiding bishop in 1997.

Griswold was co-chair of the [[Anglican]]-[[Roman Catholic]] International Commission from 1998 to 2003, and a member of the standing committee for the 1998 [[Lambeth Conference]].  He has also served on diocesan, national and international committees for liturgy, worship and ecumenism. He is also a member of the [[Fellowship of the Society of St John the Evangelist]] and is known to have Anglo-Catholic tendencies. <ref>[http://www.s-clements.org/PhotoGalleries/07RoseSunday/07RoseSunday.html Photographs of at Saint Clement's Church<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

His term as presiding bishop ended on November 1, 2006. He was succeeded by the Most Revd [[Katharine Jefferts Schori]], the first woman primate in the Anglican Communion.

== Consecrators ==
* [[John Maury Allin|The Most Revd John M. Allin]], [[List of Presiding Bishops in the Episcopal Church in the United States of America|23rd]] [[Presiding Bishop]]
* [[Francis G. Burrill|The Rt Revd Francis G. Burrill]], [[List of Bishops in the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago|8th]] [[Bishop]] of [[Episcopal Diocese of Chicago|Chicago]]
* [[James W. Montgomery|The Rt Revd James W. Montgomery]], [[List of Bishops in the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago|9th]] [[Bishop]] of [[Episcopal Diocese of Chicago|Chicago]]
Frank Griswold was the [[Succession of Bishops of the Episcopal Church in the United States|794th]] [[bishop]] consecrated in the [[Episcopal Church in the United States of America|Episcopal Church]].

== References ==

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== External links ==
* [http://www.episcopalchurch.org/78716_ENG_HTM.htm?menupage=29883 episcopalchurch.org] Past Presiding Bishops from the Presiding Bishop's website.

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