The Rev. Allen K. Shin Elected Bishop Suffragan on 4th Ballot

Bishop Suffragan-Elect

At 2:40 p.m. on Saturday, December 7, at the special election convention held at Manhattan’s Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, the Rev. Allen K. Shin was declared the bishop suffragan-elect of the Episcopal Diocese of New York.

The new bishop suffragan will work alongside and under the direction of the 16th Bishop of New York, the Rt. Rev. Andrew M.L. Dietsche. Shin, who is currently rector of St. John’s Church, Huntington, LI, NY was elected on the 4th round of balloting by a majority of the active clergy of the diocese in attendance at convention and of the lay delegates in attendance from congregations of the diocese.

Shin was one of five candidates nominated in early October by the Committee to Elect a Bishop, which began work following the call for the election of a suffragan by Bishop Dietsche’s predecessor as diocesan, Bishop Mark S. Sisk, at the diocese’s annual convention in November 2012. Bishop Sisk retired, and Bishop Dietsche was installed as XVI Bishop of New York, on February 2, 2013.

The bishop suffragan-elect must now receive the consent of a majority both of the other diocesan bishops of the Episcopal Church and of the standing committees of the Church’s dioceses, before being consecrated in the Cathedral of St. John the Divine on Saturday, May 17, 2014.

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Current Position:

2010 – Present
Rector, St. John’s Episcopal Church, Huntington, LI, NY

Previous Ministries and Positions:

2005 – 2010
Fellow and Chaplain, Keble College, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

2002 – 2005
Honorary Assistant, All Saints Church, Margaret Street, London

1996 – 2001
Curate/Assistant, Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, 
New York, NY

1996 – 1999
Assistant Officer, Episcopal Asian American Ministry, Episcopal Church Center, New York, NY

Education:

2001 – 2005
Post-Graduate Research in Patristic Studies, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

2001
Master of Sacred Theology, General Theological Seminary, New York, NY

1996
Master of Divinity, General Theological Seminary, New York, NY

1983
Bachelor of Art, Music/Vocal Performance, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI

Ordination:

12/07/1996
Ordination to Priesthood, Diocese of New York

06/15/1996
Ordination to Diaconate, Diocese of Chicago

Highlights of Diocesan, National Offices and Community Leadership:

• Faculty Member, School for Deacons at Mercer School of Theology, Diocese of Long Island

• Board Member, Protestant Campus Ministry at Hofstra University, Long Island Council of Churches

• Huntington Inter-faith Clergy Association

• Episcopal Asian America Ministry Commission, Diocese of Long Island

• National Episcopal Korean Ministries Convocation

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