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Bishop Gene Robinson: One Year After His Election

By John Walters on Monday, June 7, 2004.

On this day, last year, the Epsicopal diocese of New Hampshire, including priests and laypeople, voted to name Gene Robinson their next Bishop.

And Robinson would become the first openly gay man to become a Bishop in the Episcopal church worldwide.

The decision shook the church.

Parishioners, priests, and even whole dioceses threatened to leave, and a few made good on their threats.

The leaders in the Worldwide Anglican Communion feared disintegration.

A year later, very few of those fears have been realized.

And as Bishop Robinson told NHPR's John Walters, the church is not only surviving, it's thriving.