The Rt. Rev. Jeffery Rowthorn (1934-2025)
The Requiem Mass for the Rt. Rev. Jeffery Rowthorn will be held at Christ Church Cathedral in Hartford, CT, on August 9, 2025 at 11 AM EST. The Rt. Rev. Jeffrey W. Mello will preside and preach.
Christ Church Cathedral is located at 45 Church Street, Hartford, CT 06103. Those attending in person are welcome to park in the MAT Garage. Tickets will be validated.
Livestream is available through CCC’s YouTube channel.
The Rt. Rev. Jeffery Rowthorn (1934-2025)
Bishop Rowthorn entered into Eternal Life on Wednesday, July 23, 2025. Bishop Rowthorn served as Bishop Suffragan in the Episcopal Church in Connecticut from 1987-1993. He then served as Bishop for the Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe from 1994-2001.
He held the Bishop Goddard Chair in Pastoral Theology at Yale and Berkeley Divinity School for 14 years. He was the first to hold this chair. He was also a founding faculty member of Yale Divinity School’s Institute for Sacred Music.
Bishop Rowthorn was an Advisory Board Member of Weavings: A Journal of the Christian Spiritual Life. He, along with his wife Anne, was a champion of environmental justice, together writing God’s Good Earth: Praise and Prayer for Creation in 2018. He was also a prolific writer of hymns, his most well-known being “Lord, You Give the Great Commission.”
Bishop Rowthorn is remembered by many in Connecticut for his wisdom, humor, kindness, and grace.