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Presiding
Bishop
The
Rt. Rev. John A. Herzog, OSA
The Rt.
Rev. John A. Herzog, Presiding Bishop of the American Anglican
Church, was born in Broad Channel, New York to Joseph Charles
and Miriam
Lyder Herzog on January 19.1932. He was baptized at Christ By
The Sea
Episcopal Church. At an early age his family moved to the Eastern
Shore of
Virginia where he spent his early childhood. He was confirmed
at Christ
Church in Eastville, Virginia. The family, which consisted of
his parents
and a brother and a sister, returned to New York in 1948 where
they attended
St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Brooklyn, New York. He served
in the United
States Army from 1952 to 1954. Bishop Herzog graduated from
Adelphi College
where he obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Personnel
Management and
went on to obtain a Master of Business Administration from Adelphi
University. He was employed by New York Telephone Company for
35 years in an
executive capacity.
Bishop Herzog attended
the Institute of Theology at the Cathedral of Saint
John the Divine in New York City and General Seminary. He was
ordained to
the Diaconate by Bishop Anthony Clavier on December 5.1982 and
to the Holy
Priesthood on June 5.1983. He founded the Anglican Mission of
the Holy
Innocents in June 1983 and the Order of Saint Andrew in 1986.
He was
consecrated a Bishop in the American Anglican Church in June
1994.
He is married to Selina
Ann Herzog (nee Mellett) and they have three
daughters, Mrs. Noreen Halbach, Dr. Marianne Lorenzen and Mrs.
Sheila Sammur.
They are the proud grandparents of Colin, Kirsten and Ethan
Halbach and
Astrid Louise Lorenzen.
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