Bishops signed and set their seals to the ordination certificate. Matthew Cavanaugh
Bishop-elect Alan M. Gates and Bishop Gayle E. Harris before the service. Matthew Cavanaugh
Leon Brathwaite, Secretary of the Diocese, sporting his festival red tie, worn at every Massachusetts bishop's consecration since that of the Rt. Rev. John B. Coburn in 1976. Matthew Cavanaugh
The assembled chalices. Matthew Cavanaugh
The assembled guests. Matthew Cavanaugh
The clergy in procession. Matthew Cavanaugh
Diocesan staff members in the procession. Matthew Cavanaugh
The bishops in procession. Matthew Cavanaugh
The retired bishops suffragan of the diocese, the Rt. Rev. Barbara C. Harris and the Rt. Rev. Bud Cederholm. Matthew Cavanaugh
The consecration preacher, the Rt. Rev. Mark Hollingsworth Jr., Bishop of Ohio, in the procession. Matthew Cavanaugh
The steel drum band from St. Mary's Church in Dorchester. Matthew Cavanaugh
The handbell choir of All Saints' Church in Chelmsford. Matthew Cavanaugh
The Choir of Men and Boys of All Saints' Church, Ashmont in Dorchester. Matthew Cavanaugh
Director of music and organist Stuart Forster of Christ Church in Cambridge directs the choir. Matthew Cavanaugh
The massed choir. Matthew Cavanaugh
Bishop M. Thomas Shaw, SSJE in the procession. Matthew Cavanaugh
Bishop-elect Gates processes into the arena. Matthew Cavanaugh
Twenty-eight bishops were in attendance at the service. Matthew Cavanaugh
The litanists: Sister Kristina Frances Nordhaus, SSM and Brother Jim Woodrum, SSJE. Matthew Cavanaugh
Young people of the diocese created a flash mob during the Gospel procession, to the singing of "We are marching in the light of God" in many languages. Matthew Cavanaugh
Bishop Shaw and Bishop Hollingsworth share a program and a laugh. Matthew Cavanaugh
Bishop M. Thomas Shaw, SSJE receives a sustained ovation. Matthew Cavanaugh
Bishop Mark Hollingsworth delivers his sermon. Matthew Cavanaugh
Bishop-elect Gates with his family during the sermon. Matthew Cavanaugh
The examination. Matthew Cavanaugh
The laying on of hands. Matthew Cavanaugh
Billy Boyce, Diane Grondin and the Rev. Joe Robinson help vest the new bishop. Matthew Cavanaugh
Bishop Shaw greets Bishop Gates and hands him the diocesan crozier. Matthew Cavanaugh
The Rt. Rev. Stephen T. Lane, Bishop of Maine, presents Bishop Gates with the Bible. Matthew Cavanaugh
Bishop Alan M. Gates. Matthew Cavanaugh
Bishop Gates with his spouse, Patricia J. Harvey, and their sons, Philip and Ethan. Matthew Cavanaugh
Bishop Gates celebrates the Eucharist. Matthew Cavanaugh
Bishop Gates in the final procession. Matthew Cavanaugh
Bishops assembled after the service for a portrait. Matthew Cavanaugh
The Rt. Rev. Douglas Fisher, Bishop of Western Massachusetts; The Rt. Rev. Alan M. Gates, Bishop of Massachusetts, and the Rt. Rev. Gayle E. Harris, Bishop Suffragan of the Diocese of Massachusetts, photographed after the service. Matthew Cavanaugh
