Barry L. Beisner

Barry Leigh Beisner (born June 5, 1951) is the seventh bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Northern California. Following studies at the Church Divinity School of the Pacific (M.Div.) and the General Theological Seminary (S.T.M.), he was ordained to the diaconate on June 24, 1978 and to the priesthood on May 19, 1979. He was consecrated on September 30, 2006. Bishop Biesner announced his retirement at the Diocesan Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Northern California on in November 2017.He was succeeded by the Rt. Rev. Megan M. Traquair upon her consecration on June 29, 2019.