Jim Hobby
Jim Hobby | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Pittsburgh | |
| Church | Anglican Church in North America |
| Diocese | Pittsburgh |
| In office | 2016–2020 |
| Predecessor | Robert Duncan |
| Successor | Alex Cameron |
| Previous post(s) | Rector of Trinity Church, Thomasville, Georgia |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | June 7, 1986 (deacon) December 4, 1986 (priest) byAlden Hathaway |
| Consecration | September 10, 2016 byRobert Duncan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | James Lafayette Hobby Jr. |
James Lafayette Hobby Jr.is a former American bishop of theAnglican Church in North America.He was elected the second bishop of theAnglican Diocese of Pittsburghon 23 April 2016 and enthroned on 10 September 2016. He is married to Shari, also an Anglican priest, and they have three daughters.
Ecclesiastical career
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He was raised in a Presbyterian household but moved to a Baptist church inNew Jersey.He studied at theWheaton College,inWheaton,Illinois,from 1975 to 1979, where he decided to become a minister and met his wife, Shari. After her graduation, both decided to study atGordon-Conwell Theological Seminary,inSouth Hamilton,Massachusetts,from 1981 to 1983. They soon joined theEpiscopal Church.Afterwards, they studied at theTrinity School for Ministry,inAmbridge,Pennsylvania,where he was a student from 1983 to 1985, graduating with a M.Div.[1]
He was ordained a deacon at 7 June 1986 and a priest at 4 December 1986 by bishopAlden Hathaway,of theEpiscopal Diocese of Pittsburgh.He was rector at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, inMonongahela,and vicar at St. John's Episcopal Church, inDonora,from 1986 to 1990, being assistant at the first parish from 1990 to 1993, rector at Advent Episcopal Church, inTallahassee,Florida,from 1993 to 2001, priest and missionary-in-residence at St. John's Episcopal Church, inTallahassee,from 2002 to 2005, and priest and missionary-in-residence at St. Peter's Anglican Church, inTallahassee,from 2005 to 2007. He was rector at Trinity Anglican Church, inThomasville,Georgia,since 2007. He joined theAnglican realignmentinUnited States,and his parish is a member of theAnglican Church in North America,founded in 2009, and theGulf Atlantic Diocese,founded in 2011. He was a candidate to bishop but lost toNeil Lebhar.He was a member of the Ordination Preparation Team, since 2009, and Canon for Congregational Development, since 2010, at his former diocese.
Hobby was elected bishop of theAnglican Diocese of Pittsburghat a diocesan meeting that took place at St. Stephen's Church,Sewickley,on 22–23 April 2016, among six candidates, at the fifth ballot. Hobby consecration took place at the Roman CatholicSaint Paul Cathedral,Pittsburgh,on 10 September 2016.[2]
He resigned, upon request, on 28 October 2020, after what was described as "a careful review and assessment of his handling of a serious pastoral matter".[3][4]
References
[edit]- ^PITTSBURGH: The Rev. James Hobby Discerned as Bishop Elect for Anglican Diocese, Virtue Online, 23 April 2016
- ^"Bishop Hobby Consecration and Bishop Duncan Legacy Video, Anglican Diocese of Pittsburgh Website, 10 September 2016".Archived fromthe originalon 11 October 2016.Retrieved10 October2016.
- ^Petersen, Kirk (3 November 2020)."ACNA Bishop Ousted Over Priest's Misconduct".The Living Church.
A bishop of the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) resigned abruptly on October 29 at the request of the Standing Committee of the diocese, for allegedly mishandling a serious pastoral issue regarding sexual misconduct by a priest.
- ^Post, Kathryn; Smietana, Bob (August 19, 2021)."With abuse allegations, conservative Anglican diocese faces questions about structure".Religion News Service.
In November 2020, the standing committee of ACNA's Pittsburgh Diocese asked Bishop James Hobby to resign for failing to report abuse allegations about a priest in his diocese in a timely manner.