Bishop Frank Tracy Griswold III, of Chicago, was elected Monday as the new presiding bishop of the U.S. Episcopal Church.
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Bishop Griswold, who will take office Jan. 1 and hold the post for a nine-year term, holds progressive views in some key areas, including homosexuality, and overcame a strong conservative challenge to win the election.Griswold, 59, was elected as the church's 25th presiding bishop by 214 bishops meeting at Christ Church in Philadelphia. He succeeds Presiding Bishop Edmond Browning. Though relatively small in number (its membership is 2.4 million), the Episcopal Church has a strong voice in public affairs. Within the world-wide Anglican Communion, the U.S. church is also highly influential.