The Right Reverend

J. Michael Garrison
Bishop of Western New York
Garrison in 2015
ChurchEpiscopal Church
DioceseWestern New York
In office1999–2011
PredecessorDavid Bowman
SuccessorRalph William Franklin
Orders
Ordination1971
by Francis Peter Leipzig
ConsecrationApril 24, 1999
by Frank Griswold
Personal details
BornApril 1945
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
DenominationAnglican (prev. Roman Catholic)
SpouseCarol Sohanney
Children3

J. Michael Garrison (born April 1945) was tenth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Western New York, serving from 1999 to 2011.

Biography

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.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Episcopal Clerical Directory, 2005, revised edition, New York: Church Publishing, p.317.


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