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| type = Bishop | honorific_prefix = The Right Reverend | name = Gordon Paul Scruton | honorific_suffix = | title = Bishop of Western Massachusetts | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | church = Episcopal Church | archdiocese = | province = | metropolis = | diocese = Western Massachusetts | see = | elected = 29 June 1996 | term = 1996-2012 | quashed = | predecessor = Robert S. Denig | successor = Douglas John Fisher | opposed = | other_post = | ordination = 1972 | ordained_by = | consecration = 12 October 1996 | consecrated_by = Edmond L. Browning | rank = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1947|03|08}} | birth_place = Rochester, New Hampshire, United States | death_date = | death_place = | buried = | resting_place_coordinates = | nationality = American | religion = Anglican | residence = | parents = | spouse = Rebecca Scruton | children = 2 | occupation = | profession = | education = | alma_mater = | motto = | signature = | signature_alt = | coat_of_arms = | coat_of_arms_alt = | module = | other = }} Gordon Paul Scruton (born 8 March 1947) was the Bishop of Western Massachusetts from 1996 till 2012. Early life, education and careerScruton was born in 1947 in Rochester, New Hampshire.[1] According to his official biography he received a master's degree in English, magna cum laude, from Barrington College, then studied at the Boston University School of Theology, receiving a master's degree in theology in 1971. Scruton married Rebecca S. Polley in 1968.[1] He was ordained a deacon in 1971, a priest in 1972,[2] and served as an assistant rector at St. Mark's Church in Riverside, Rhode Island and at St. Paul's Church in Kingston, Rhode Island in the mid-1970s.[1] Scruton was rector of Grace Church in Dalton, Massachusetts from 1977 to 1981, and St. Francis Church in Holden, Massachusetts thereafter.[1] Bishop of Western MassachusettsScruton was elected the eighth Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Western Massachusetts on June 29, 1996.[1] He was consecrated bishop on October 12, 1996 in Springfield, Massachusetts.[1][2] He was consecrated by the following current or retired bishops: Alexander Stewart, Andrew Wissemann, M. Thomas Shaw, Barbara Clementine Harris, and Emmanuel Kolini (Bishop of the Diocese of Shaba in Zaire).[1] Presiding Bishop Edmond Lee Browning was also a consecrator.[2] Likewise, Scruton was a co-consecrator of George Edward Councell as eleventh bishop of New Jersey.[3][4] He has been very active in the House of Bishops since 2001.[5] Scruton has been on the court for the trial of a bishop.[6][7][8] He has acted as a mediator in the dispute between the Bishop of Connecticut and some priests in that state in 2007.[9] In 2009, he also served on a committee to assist the Diocese of Southern Virginia in their internal conflicts.[10] He retired on December 1, 2012.[11] References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 Diocese of Western Massachusetts Official website Bishop Gordon Paul Scruton Biography. Accessed March 10, 2009. 2. ^1 2 ECUSA Church Publishing website Official Listing. Accessed March 10, 2009. 3. ^Ship of Fools website. Accessed March 10, 2009. 4. ^Official Booklet of the Consecration, found at New Jersey Diocese website (.pdf). Accessed March 10, 2009. 5. ^[https://www.churchpublishing.org/general_convention/pdf_gc_2003_journal/hendersonville2001.pdf Church Publishing website]. Accessed March 10, 2009. 6. ^Diocese of Pennsylvania website. Accessed March 10, 2009. 7. ^Episcopal Cafe website. Accessed March 10, 2009. 8. ^Outside the Doors website. Accessed March 10, 2009. 9. ^"Episcopal priests opposed to Robinson's election to meet with Bishop Smith," The Advocate, April 19, 2005, found at The Advocate website. Accessed March 10, 2009. 10. ^Lisa Hamilton, "SOUTHERN VIRGINIA: New bishop proclaims diocese has 'come a very long way'," Episcopal Life, February 17, 2009, found at Episcopal Life Online website. Accessed March 10, 2009. 11. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2012/10/worshipers_offer_heartfelt_goo.html |work=masslive.com |title=Worshipers offer heartfelt goodbye as Springfield Episcopal Bishop Gordon P. Scruton retires |last=Mirabelli |first=Manon |date=October 7, 2012|accessdate=January 11, 2013}} See also{{Portal|Anglicanism}}
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