Jack Marston McKelvey


Jack Marston McKelvey is a bishop of The Episcopal Church, serving in the Diocese of Newark and the Diocese of Rochester.

Biography

McKelvey was ordained deacon in 1966 and priest in 1967. In 1991 he was elected Suffragan Bishop of Newark and was consecrated on April 20, 1991 by O'Kelley Whitaker, Bishop of Central New York. On June 19, 1999 he was elected Bishop of Rochester during a special convention in St Thomas' Church in Bath, New York. McKelvey was elected on the fifth ballot. He was installed on December 4, 1999 and started exercising his duties as Bishop of Rochester on January 1, 2000. He retired in 2008.