Background
VonRosenberg was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, in 1947.
VonRosenberg was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, in 1947.
He completed a master of divinity degree at Virginia Theological Seminary in 1974 and was ordained as a priest in 1975.
He received his bachelor of arts degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1969. VonRosenberg served as canon to the ordinary (assistant to the bishop) of the Episcopal Diocese of Upper South Carolina from 1989 to 1994. On February 27, 1999, vonRosenberg was consecrated as the third bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of East Tennessee, a diocese covering 34 counties in Tennessee and three in North Georgia, with 45 congregations and five worshiping communities and nearly 16,000 active members.
He retired from that position in June 2011.
The case is ongoing. On January 14, 2016 VonRosenberg announced his intention to retire as bishop provisional after June 26 when he completes his schedule of visits to the congregations and missions of the diocese.