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Vicky Gene Robinson〔 Robinson states his birth name as ''Vicky Gene Robinson'' from his grandfather Victor and his mother Imogene; as a baby he was not expected to survive and his parents were expecting a girl. Various reliable sources also reported "Vicki" and "Imogene". Robinson and most reliable sources use ''V. Gene Robinson''.〕 (born May 29, 1947 in Fayette County, Kentucky) is an American retired bishop of the Diocese of New Hampshire in the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. Robinson was elected bishop coadjutor in 2003 and succeeded as diocesan bishop in March 2004. Before becoming bishop, he served as Canon to the Ordinary to the VIII Bishop of New Hampshire. Robinson is widely known for being the first priest in an openly gay relationship to be consecrated a bishop in a major Christian denomination believing in the historic episcopate.〔Otis Charles is a retired bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Utah. After his retirement in 1993, Charles publicly came out as a gay man, the first Christian bishop ever to take such a step.〕 His sexual orientation was privately acknowledged in the 1970s, when he studied in seminary, was ordained, married, and started a family. He went public with his sexual identity and divorced in 1986.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Gay bishop Gene Robinson: '20 years ago, coming out was almost like committing suicide' )〕 He entered a formal relationship with his second spouse, Mark Andrew, in 1988. When delegates to the Episcopal convention were voting on the ratification of his election, it became an issue of controversy. His election was ratified 62 to 45. After his election, many theologically conservative Episcopalians in the United States abandoned the Episcopal Church, formed the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) and aligned themselves with bishops outside the Episcopal Church in the United States, a process called the Anglican realignment. His story has appeared in print and film. In 2009 he was given the Stephen F. Kolzak Media Award. In 2010 he announced his intention to retire in 2013, at 65. His successor is A. Robert Hirschfeld, who was elected bishop coadjutor on May 19, 2012, and consecrated bishop in Concord, New Hampshire, on August 4, 2012. Hirschfeld served with Robinson until Robinson's formal retirement on January 5, 2013. In 2014, Robinson announced his divorce to Mark Andrew. == Early life == Robinson's parents were poor tenant farmers who worked in the tobacco fields as sharecroppers. The family used an outhouse, drew water from a cistern, and did laundry in a cast-iron tub over an open flame. Their house did not have running water until Robinson was ten years old.〔 When Robinson was born, he was so seriously ill that the doctor was certain he would not survive. He was temporarily paralyzed from birth and his head was misshapen. So likely was Robinson's death that the physician asked Robinson's father Charles for a name for the baby's birth and death certificates.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Fresh Air interview )〕 Robinson's parents were young (his mother Imogene was twenty) and they were hoping for a girl.〔 They named the baby "Vicky Gene Robinson" for Charles' father Victor and the baby's mother Imogene.〔 For a long time, Robinson's parents believed the boy would die soon. Much later in life, Robinson's father would tell him he couldn't take any joy in the boy's development because he always thought each step was going to be the last thing.〔 Robinson's parents were and still are members of a small Disciples of Christ congregation. Robinson describes his childhood as very religious.〔 Robinson had perfect Sunday School attendance for thirteen years.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gene Robinson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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