Bard Medal
Honorary Trustee
The Right Reverend Andrew M. L. Dietsche was elected in November 2011 by the clergy and lay delegates of the congregations of the Episcopal Diocese of New York at a special election convention held at the Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine in New York City. He was consecrated a bishop in March 2012 and installed at the Cathedral as the 16th Bishop of New York in February 2013. From 2001 until his election as bishop coadjutor, Dietsche served as canon for pastoral care in the Diocese of New York—a position in which he was responsible for the pastoral care of the clergy and their families. Before that, he spent 11 years as the rector of the Church of the Good Shepherd in West Springfield, Massachusetts. Prior to his ordination, Bishop Dietsche was a freelance graphic designer and cartoonist.