Background
Herzog was born in Ogdensburg, New York, and raised in the Roman Catholic Church.
Herzog was born in Ogdensburg, New York, and raised in the Roman Catholic Church.
In 1964 he graduated from Saint Bonaventure University.
In 1971 he received a master"s degree in education from Saint Lawrence University. He served as director of personnel at the Saint Lawrence Psychiatric Center in Ogdensburg while serving as assistant rector of an Episcopal parish there. He later served as Rector of Christ Church, Schenectady.
In 1997 he was elected Coadjutor-Bishop of Albany.
He was elected on the first ballot. The following year he succeeded as 8th Bishop of Albany when Bishop David Standish Ball retired.
In 2003 he issued a pastoral letter opposing the election of Gene Robinson, a gay man, as Bishop of New Hampshire, and opposing the blessing of sexual relationships outside marriage. Herzog retired as Bishop of Albany on January 31, 2007.
He was succeeded by Bishop William Love, who had been elected coadjutor bishop on March 25, 2006.
Herzog explained his conversion in a letter sent to his successor Bishop Love on March 19, 2007. Herzog"s predecessor in Albany, Bishop Ball, expressed concern at Herzog"s conversion. His return to ECUSA was page one news.
