Herbert Alcorn Donovan Jr. (born July 14, 1931) is an American Episcopal cleric and administrator who served as the bishop of Arkansas.
In 1959, Donovan married Mary Sudman; the couple had three children, all born in Basin, Wyoming, while he served at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church.
[4] After his retirement from that position in 1998, he served in several interim positions: Provisional Bishop of Chicago 1998–99 (January 1998 until March 1999),[5] Assisting Bishop of New Jersey 1999–2000 (May 26, 1999 – February 1, 2000),[6] Anglican Observer at the United Nations, 2000–2001,[7] Rector of Trinity Church, Boston March, 2005- May 2006.
[8] Active in church governance, Donovan attended every General Convention from 1967 until 2012, either as a clerical deputy or later as a member of the House of Bishops (where he served as Secretary from 1986 to 1998).
[9] His career spanned a turbulent period as the Episcopal Church dealt with the struggles to admit women and later gay and lesbian candidates to Holy Orders.
He and Byron Rushing of Massachusetts chaired Coalition E for the General Convention of 1976 and 1979—a political action group that worked to eliminate gender, racial and ethnic barriers to the ordination and church deployment processes.
[11] In October 2001, Donovan was appointed Executive Director of the Compass Rose Society, an international group dedicated to raising funds for Anglican mission initiative.