Susan Goff

American prelate of the Episcopal Church From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Susan Ellyn Goff is an American prelate of the Episcopal Church. She was elected and consecrated as Suffragan Bishop of Virginia in 2012. She became Ecclesiastical Authority of the diocese in 2018 upon the retirement of Shannon Johnston, thirteenth bishop of the diocese.[1] She retired at the end of 2022.[2]

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Susan E. Goff
Suffragan Bishop and Ecclesiastical Authority of Virginia
ChurchEpiscopal Church
DioceseVirginia
ElectedApril 21, 2012
In office2012–2022
Orders
Ordination1980
ConsecrationJuly 28, 2012
by Katharine Schori
Personal details
NationalityAmerican
DenominationAnglicanism
SpouseTom Holliday
Alma materDouglass College
Union Theological Seminary (New York City)
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Early life and education

Goff was educated at Douglass College, then a woman's liberal arts college in New Brunswick, New Jersey.[3] She trained for ordination at the Union Theological Seminary in New York City, and achieved a distinction in her Master of Divinity (M.Div.) degree.[4]

Ordained ministry

Goff was ordained in 1980.[3] She has spent all of her ordained ministry in the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia.[4][3]

On July 28, 2012, Goff was consecrated a bishop during a service at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Richmond, Virginia. The chief consecrator was Katharine Jefferts Schori (the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church), and the co-consecrators included Shannon S. Johnston (then Bishop of Virginia).[3]

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