Episcopal bishop known for scholarship, advocacy dies at age 81
Frederick Houk Borsch, a bishop, academic, and advocate for social justice, died April 11 at age 81.
Borsch died of complications from myelodysplastic syndrome at his home in Philadelphia, according to the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, where he served as bishop from 1988 to 2002.
He also taught New Testament and Anglican studies at Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia, Seabury-Western Seminary, and General Theological Seminary. He was dean of the Church Divinity School of the Pacific in Berkeley and dean of the chapel and religious life at Princeton University.
