{"id":20,"date":"2026-03-11T12:20:53","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T16:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandbox.necessarywords.com\/newhampshire\/?page_id=20"},"modified":"2026-03-11T12:23:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T16:23:42","slug":"bishop-hirschfield","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sandbox.necessarywords.com\/newhampshire\/bishop-hirschfield\/","title":{"rendered":"Bishop Hirschfield"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">The Rt. Rev. A. Robert Hirschfeld<br>Tenth Bishop of the Episcopal Church of New Hampshire<\/h1>\n\n\n<style>.kb-image20_a15b71-c0 .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image20_a15b71-c0\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"322\" src=\"https:\/\/sandbox.necessarywords.com\/newhampshire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ST-THOMAS-WEB-KS-3851-400x322.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-21\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sandbox.necessarywords.com\/newhampshire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ST-THOMAS-WEB-KS-3851-400x322.jpg 400w, https:\/\/sandbox.necessarywords.com\/newhampshire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ST-THOMAS-WEB-KS-3851-1024x825.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sandbox.necessarywords.com\/newhampshire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ST-THOMAS-WEB-KS-3851-768x619.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sandbox.necessarywords.com\/newhampshire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ST-THOMAS-WEB-KS-3851-1536x1237.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sandbox.necessarywords.com\/newhampshire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ST-THOMAS-WEB-KS-3851.jpg 1589w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Bishop A. Robert Hirschfeld has served as the Tenth Bishop in the Episcopal Church of New Hampshire since August 2012. Bishop Rob provides spiritual oversight to the 46 congregations and eight seasonal chapels that are part of the Episcopal Branch of the Jesus Movement in the Granite State. He also serves as President, <em>ex officio,<\/em>&nbsp;of the Board of Trustees to our two Episcopal Schools: White Mountain (now closed) and Holderness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Previously, Bishop Rob served as rector of Grace Church, Amherst, MA, St. Mark\u2019s Chapel at the University of Connecticut, Storrs, and Christ Church, New Haven, CT. &nbsp;He has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Dartmouth College (English and French) and a Master of Divinity from Berkeley Divinity School at Yale where he was also awarded an honorary Doctor of Divinity.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He is the author of two books, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhepiscopal.org\/news-updates\/2020\/7\/2\/with-sighs-too-deep-for-words-grace-and-depression-a-new-book-by-bishop-rob\">&#8220;<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Sighs-Too-Deep-Words-Depression\/dp\/1640652604\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">With Sighs Too Deep For Words: Grace and Depression<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhepiscopal.org\/news-updates\/2020\/7\/2\/with-sighs-too-deep-for-words-grace-and-depression-a-new-book-by-bishop-rob\">&#8220;<\/a>and \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Without-Shame-Fear-Adam-Christ\/dp\/081923334X\/ref=pd_bxgy_thbs_d_sccl_1\/141-7106755-3873644?pd_rd_w=91EKG&amp;content-id=amzn1.sym.53b72ea0-a439-4b9d-9319-7c2ee5c88973&amp;pf_rd_p=53b72ea0-a439-4b9d-9319-7c2ee5c88973&amp;pf_rd_r=P6F1QN5VDHFWGTFZP3WQ&amp;pd_rd_wg=k7ADw&amp;pd_rd_r=eba605ef-f2af-49a1-bd96-b14e0db239eb&amp;pd_rd_i=081923334X&amp;psc=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Without Shame or Fear: From Adam to Christ<\/a>\u201d<em>.&nbsp;<\/em>He is married to Polly M. Ingraham, and they have three children. &nbsp;He reads, and occasionally writes poetry, paints in mixed media, and sculls on the Merrimack River.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kb-btns20_85d9ec-d2{gap:var(--global-kb-gap-xs, 0.5rem );justify-content:center;align-items:center;}.kt-btns20_85d9ec-d2 .kt-button{font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;}.kt-btns20_85d9ec-d2 .kt-btn-wrap-0{margin-right:5px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns20_85d9ec-d2 .kt-btn-wrap-0 .kt-button{color:#555555;border-color:#555555;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns20_85d9ec-d2 .kt-btn-wrap-0 .kt-button:hover, .wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns20_85d9ec-d2 .kt-btn-wrap-0 .kt-button:focus{color:#ffffff;border-color:#444444;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns20_85d9ec-d2 .kt-btn-wrap-0 .kt-button::before{display:none;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns20_85d9ec-d2 .kt-btn-wrap-0 .kt-button:hover, .wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns20_85d9ec-d2 .kt-btn-wrap-0 .kt-button:focus{background:#444444;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn kb-buttons-wrap kb-btns20_85d9ec-d2\"><style>ul.menu .wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn .kb-btn20_8b8572-e2.kb-button{width:initial;}<\/style><span class=\"kb-button kt-button button kb-btn20_8b8572-e2 kt-btn-size-standard kt-btn-width-type-auto kb-btn-global-inherit  kt-btn-has-text-true kt-btn-has-svg-false  wp-block-button__link wp-block-kadence-singlebtn\"><span class=\"kt-btn-inner-text\">Statements and Sermons<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Rt. 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