Chilton R. Knudsen


Chilton R. Knudsen
Assistant Bishop of Chicago
ChurchEpiscopal Church
DioceseChicago
Installed2021
Other post(s)VIII Bishop of Maine
Interim Bishop of Lexington
Assistant Bishop of New York
Assistant Bishop of Long Island
Assisting Bishop of Maryland
Assisting Bishop of Washington
Previous post(s)Assistant Bishop of Washington
Orders
OrdinationFebruary 24, 1981
by James W. Montgomery
ConsecrationMarch 28, 1998
by Frank T. Griswold
Personal details
Born
Chilton Abbie Richardson

(1946-09-29) September 29, 1946 (age 78)
NationalityAmerican
DenominationAnglican
SpouseMichael J. Knudsen (d. 2021)
Children1
Alma materChatham College
Seabury-Western Theological Seminary

Chilton Abbie Richardson Knudsen (born September 29, 1946)[1] is a bishop of the Episcopal Church. Knudsen served as the diocesan bishop of Maine for a decade (1997–2008). Upon retiring from that position, she then served as interim bishop in the Diocese of Lexington (2011–2012) and as assistant bishop in the Diocese of New York (2013–2014) and the Diocese of Long Island (2014–2015).[2] In May 2015, she began serving as assistant bishop in the Diocese of Maryland. On December 6, 2018, Knudsen announced her resignation from that temporary position after accepting a position as assisting bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington as of February 20, 2019.[3] In August, 2021 she was appointed assisting bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago due to Bishop Paula Clark having to delay her consecration for health reasons.[4]

  1. ^ Episcopal Café — Celebrating 25 years of Barbara Harris (Accessed 26 June 2015)
  2. ^ "Maryland diocese names Chilton R. Knudsen as assistant bishop", Episcopal News Service, The Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society, 2015-05-14, archived from the original on 2015-05-29, retrieved 2015-05-21
  3. ^ "Homepage".
  4. ^ Bishop Chilton Knudsen Called as Assisting Bishop/Obispo Chilton Knudsen llamado como Obispo Asistente, Chicago: Episcopal Diocese of Chicago (published August 3, 2021), 3 August 2021, retrieved August 5, 2021