Honorific-Prefix: | The Right Reverend |
Type: | Bishop |
Andy Fairfield | |
X Bishop of North Dakota | |
Church: | Episcopal Church |
See: | North Dakota |
Term: | 1989–2003 |
Predecessor: | Harold A. Hopkins Jr. |
Successor: | Michael G. Smith |
Consecration: | 1989 |
Birth Date: | 31 May 1943 |
Birth Place: | Northampton, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Death Place: | Shutesbury, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Spouse: | Sara Jane McCune (married 1967) |
Andrew Hedtler "Andy" Fairfield (May 31, 1943 – February 16, 2020) was an American Anglican bishop.
He was a theological conservative. He served from 1989 to 2003 as the tenth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of North Dakota in the Episcopal Church.
In a 1996, Bishop Fairfield was the dissent in a 7-to-1 decision to dismiss heresy charges against retired bishop Walter C. Righter.[1]
In 2008, he renounced his ordained ministry in the Episcopal Church.[2] After his retirement, in disagreement with the pro-homosexuality policies of his church, he was translated to the Anglican Church of Uganda,[3] in 2007, and subsequently to the Anglican Church in North America.[4] Until his death, he was assisting bishop in the Anglican Diocese in New England.[5]