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He moved to Philadelphia in 1986 to become coadjutor to bishop [[Lyman Ogilby]], and succeeded him as bishop. Approximately 6500 people and 17 bishops led by Presiding Bishop [[Edmund L. Browning]] and bishop Ogilby attended his consecration at the [[Philadelphia Civic Center]]. While the controversy over ordination of women calmed somewhat, that concerning race relations continued. Bartlett also became embroiled in controversy concerning the ordination of gay persons.[{{Cite web |url=http://www.diopa.org/history-and-archives/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=2016-05-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171121125806/http://www.diopa.org/history-and-archives/ |archive-date=2017-11-21 |url-status=dead }}][{{Cite web|url=https://episcopalarchives.org/cgi-bin/ENS/ENSpress_release.pl?pr_number=95-1157|title=Episcopal News Service: Press Release # 95-1157|website=episcopalarchives.org|accessdate=2 June 2023}}] |
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He moved to Philadelphia in 1986 to become coadjutor to bishop [[Lyman Ogilby]], and succeeded him as bishop. Approximately 6500 people and 17 bishops led by Presiding Bishop [[Edmund L. Browning]] and bishop Ogilby attended his consecration at the [[Philadelphia Civic Center]]. While the controversy over ordination of women calmed somewhat, that concerning race relations continued. Bartlett also became embroiled in controversy concerning the ordination of gay persons.[{{Cite web |url=http://www.diopa.org/history-and-archives/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=2016-05-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171121125806/http://www.diopa.org/history-and-archives/ |archive-date=2017-11-21 |url-status=dead }}][{{Cite web|url=https://episcopalarchives.org/cgi-bin/ENS/ENSpress_release.pl?pr_number=95-1157|title=Episcopal News Service: Press Release # 95-1157|website=episcopalarchives.org|accessdate=2 June 2023}}] |
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Since his retirement, Bishop Bartlett has assisted in the [[Episcopal Diocese of Washington]] (2001-2004) (initially with congregations resisting bishop pro tempore [[Jane Holmes Dixon]] and later under Bishop [[John Chane]],[{{Cite web |url=http://cosmos.ucc.ie/cs1064/jabowen/IPSC/php/authors.php?auid=18210 |title=Allen L. Bartlett (Biographical details) |access-date=2016-05-28 |archive-date=2014-01-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140112133034/http://cosmos.ucc.ie/cs1064/jabowen/IPSC/php/authors.php?auid=18210 |url-status=dead }}] as well as participated in the Pennsylvania diocese's oral history project.[{{Cite web |url=http://awarenesscampaign.com/communicatefaith/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Historiographer0315forWeb2.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2016-05-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160616163827/http://awarenesscampaign.com/communicatefaith/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Historiographer0315forWeb2.pdf |archive-date=2016-06-16 |url-status=dead }}] |
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Since his retirement, Bishop Bartlett has assisted in the [[Episcopal Diocese of Washington]] (2001-2004) (initially with congregations resisting bishop pro tempore [[Jane Holmes Dixon]] and later under Bishop [[John Chane]],[{{Cite web |url=http://cosmos.ucc.ie/cs1064/jabowen/IPSC/php/authors.php?auid=18210 |title=Allen L. Bartlett (Biographical details) |access-date=2016-05-28 |archive-date=2014-01-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140112133034/http://cosmos.ucc.ie/cs1064/jabowen/IPSC/php/authors.php?auid=18210 |url-status=dead }}]. He also participated in the Pennsylvania diocese's oral history project.[{{Cite web |url=http://awarenesscampaign.com/communicatefaith/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Historiographer0315forWeb2.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2016-05-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160616163827/http://awarenesscampaign.com/communicatefaith/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Historiographer0315forWeb2.pdf |archive-date=2016-06-16 |url-status=dead }}] |