Lawrence C. Provenzano (born January 25, 1955) is the eighth and current bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island.
[1] Bishop Provenzano was born on January 25, 1955, in Brooklyn, New York, and was raised as a Roman Catholic.
His Roman Catholic ordination is deemed valid by the Episcopal Church and hence he was not re-ordained as a deacon and priest.
[4] After the July 2011 passing of the Marriage Equality Act legalizing same-sex marriage in the state of New York, Provenzano required that all gay clergy living with romantic partners in rectories had to marry within the next 9 months.
[5][6] During the summer of 2021 in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic Provenzano issued a pastoral letter requiring all diocesan staff and clergy to be vaccinated by September 15, 2021, with an exemption for those with underlying medical conditions.