RSSThe Rt. Rev. Prince G. Singh (Rochester)
The Rt. Rev. Prince G. Singh serves as the Eighth Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Rochester, New York. Bishop Singh was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. He graduated from Madras Christian College, Tambaram, and Union Biblical Seminary, both in India. He was ordained a priest in the Church of South India in 1990 and served congregations in rural South India. Bishop Singh holds post-graduate degrees in Practical Theology from Union Theological Seminary, Virginia, Church and Society from Princeton Seminary, and a PhD in Religion and Society from Drew University. He served in the Diocese of Newark as Associate Rector at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Morristown, New Jersey, from 1997-2000, and as Rector of St. Alban’s in Oakland, New Jersey, from 2000 until his election as Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Rochester in February 2008.
While working in the Diocese of Newark, Bishop Singh co-founded the Dalit Solidarity Forum in the United States of America. He also served on the Board of Creative Living Counseling Center, chaired the Oakland Franklin Lakes Interfaith Council, and served as an Adjunct faculty member at Drew Theological Seminary in Madison, New Jersey. As Bishop of the Diocese of Rochester, he is a member of the Board of Trustees of Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School in Rochester, a member of the Board of Directors of Episcopal SeniorLife Communities in Rochester, and a member of the Board of Trustees at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, New York. Bishop Singh is a member of the House of Bishops of The Episcopal Church. He serves The Episcopal Church as a member of Bishops Working for a Just World, the Standing Commission on Social Justice and Public Policy, and the United Thank Offering Study Committee.
Bishop Singh is married to Dr. Roja Singh. They have two sons.
