# Jim Hobby
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{{Short description|American Anglican Church bishop}}
{{Infobox Christian leader
| type = Bishop
| honorific_prefix = [The Right Reverend](/source/The_Right_Reverend)
| name = Jim Hobby
| title = Bishop of Pittsburgh
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| church = [Anglican Church in North America](/source/Anglican_Church_in_North_America)
| archdiocese =
| diocese = [Pittsburgh](/source/Anglican_Diocese_of_Pittsburgh)
| see =
| term = 2016–2020
| predecessor = [Robert Duncan](/source/Robert_Duncan_(bishop))
| successor = [Alex Cameron](/source/Alex_Cameron_(bishop))
|
| ordination = June 7, 1986 (deacon)
December 4, 1986 (priest)
| ordained_by = [Alden Hathaway](/source/Alden_Hathaway)
| consecration = September 10, 2016
| consecrated_by = [Robert Duncan](/source/Robert_Duncan_(bishop))
| rank =
| birth_name = James Lafayette Hobby Jr.
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| previous_post = Rector of Trinity Church, Thomasville, Georgia
}}
'''James Lafayette Hobby Jr.''' is a former American bishop of the [Anglican Church in North America](/source/Anglican_Church_in_North_America). He was elected the second bishop of the [Anglican Diocese of Pittsburgh](/source/Anglican_Diocese_of_Pittsburgh) on 23 April 2016 and enthroned on 10 September 2016. He is married to Shari, also an Anglican priest, and they have three daughters.
==Ecclesiastical career==
thumb|left|alt=Archbishop Foley Beach presenting a Bible to Bishop Hobby at his consecration.|Archbishop Foley Beach presenting a Bible to Bishop Hobby at his consecration.He was raised in a Presbyterian household but moved to a Baptist church in [New Jersey](/source/New_Jersey). He studied at the [Wheaton College](/source/Wheaton_College_(Illinois)), in [Wheaton](/source/Wheaton%2C_Illinois), [Illinois](/source/Illinois), from 1975 to 1979, where he decided to become a minister and met his wife, Shari. After her graduation, both decided to study at [Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary](/source/Gordon-Conwell_Theological_Seminary), in [South Hamilton](/source/South_Hamilton), [Massachusetts](/source/Massachusetts), from 1981 to 1983. They soon joined the [Episcopal Church](/source/Episcopal_Church_(United_States)). Afterwards, they studied at the [Trinity School for Ministry](/source/Trinity_School_for_Ministry), in [Ambridge](/source/Ambridge%2C_Pennsylvania), [Pennsylvania](/source/Pennsylvania), where he was a student from 1983 to 1985, graduating with a M.Div.[[http://www.virtueonline.org/pittsburgh-rev-james-hobby-discerned-bishop-elect-anglican-diocese PITTSBURGH: The Rev. James Hobby Discerned as Bishop Elect for Anglican Diocese, Virtue Online, 23 April 2016]]
He was ordained a deacon at 7 June 1986 and a priest at 4 December 1986 by bishop [Alden Hathaway](/source/Alden_Hathaway), of the [Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh](/source/Episcopal_Diocese_of_Pittsburgh). He was rector at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, in [Monongahela](/source/Monongahela%2C_Pennsylvania), and vicar at St. John's Episcopal Church, in [Donora](/source/Donora), from 1986 to 1990, being assistant at the first parish from 1990 to 1993, rector at Advent Episcopal Church, in [Tallahassee](/source/Tallahassee), [Florida](/source/Florida), from 1993 to 2001, priest and missionary-in-residence at St. John's Episcopal Church, in [Tallahassee](/source/Tallahassee), from 2002 to 2005, and priest and missionary-in-residence at St. Peter's Anglican Church, in [Tallahassee](/source/Tallahassee), from 2005 to 2007. He was rector at Trinity Anglican Church, in [Thomasville](/source/Thomasville%2C_Georgia), [Georgia](/source/Georgia_(U.S._state)), since 2007. He joined the [Anglican realignment](/source/Anglican_realignment) in [United States](/source/United_States), and his parish is a member of the [Anglican Church in North America](/source/Anglican_Church_in_North_America), founded in 2009, and the [Gulf Atlantic Diocese](/source/Gulf_Atlantic_Diocese), founded in 2011. He was a candidate to bishop but lost to [Neil Lebhar](/source/Neil_Lebhar). He was a member of the Ordination Preparation Team, since 2009, and Canon for Congregational Development, since 2010, at his former diocese.
Hobby was elected bishop of the [Anglican Diocese of Pittsburgh](/source/Anglican_Diocese_of_Pittsburgh) at a diocesan meeting that took place at St. Stephen's Church, [Sewickley](/source/Sewickley%2C_Pennsylvania), on 22–23 April 2016, among six candidates, at the fifth ballot. Hobby consecration took place at the Roman Catholic [Saint Paul Cathedral](/source/Saint_Paul_Cathedral_(Pittsburgh%2C_Pennsylvania)), [Pittsburgh](/source/Pittsburgh), on 10 September 2016.[{{Cite web |url=http://www.pitanglican.org/blog/post/bishop-duncan-legacy- |title=Bishop Hobby Consecration and Bishop Duncan Legacy Video, Anglican Diocese of Pittsburgh Website, 10 September 2016 |access-date=10 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011120247/http://www.pitanglican.org/blog/post/bishop-duncan-legacy- |archive-date=11 October 2016 |url-status=dead }}]
He resigned, upon request, on 28 October 2020, after what was described as "a careful review and assessment of his handling of a serious pastoral matter".[{{Cite news |last=Petersen |first=Kirk |url=https://livingchurch.org/2020/11/03/acna-bishop-ousted-over-handling-of-priests-misconduct/ |title=ACNA Bishop Ousted Over Priest’s Misconduct |date=3 November 2020 |website=[The Living Church](/source/The_Living_Church) |quote=A bishop of the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) resigned abruptly on October 29 at the request of the Standing Committee of the diocese, for allegedly mishandling a serious pastoral issue regarding sexual misconduct by a priest.}}][{{Cite news |last1=Post |first1=Kathryn |last2=Smietana |first2=Bob |url=https://religionnews.com/2021/08/19/acna-abuse-upper-midwest-grenhouse-allegations-bishop-ruch-structure/ |title=With abuse allegations, conservative Anglican diocese faces questions about structure |date=August 19, 2021 |website=[Religion News Service](/source/Religion_News_Service) |quote=In November 2020, the standing committee of ACNA’s Pittsburgh Diocese asked Bishop James Hobby to resign for failing to report abuse allegations about a priest in his diocese in a timely manner. }}]
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.virtueonline.org/pittsburgh-rev-james-hobby-discerned-bishop-elect-anglican-diocese PITTSBURGH: The Rev. James Hobby Discerned as Bishop Elect for Anglican Diocese, Virtue Online, 23 April 2016]
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[Alex Cameron](/source/Alex_Cameron_(bishop))
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