SEVEN months after his confirmation rocked the Episcopal community, V Gene Robinson officially became the ninth Bishop of New Hampshire and the first openly gay bishop in church history.

The Anglican Communion’s first openly gay bishop has officially taken over his new diocese in the US.

The Rev Gene Robinson began his ministry as the Episcopal Church’s first openly gay bishop by saying he wanted to bring the message of God’s love to “those on the margins”.

ANGLICANS did not have to wait long for the backlash following the consecration of a gay bishop by the allied Episcopal church in the US.

Anglicans did not have to wait long for the backlash following the consecration of a gay bishop by the allied Episcopal church in the US.