Bishop Frederick Borsch, a New Testament scholar who has written or edited 12 books, will serve as the chairman of Trinity Press International, which was given a start by a $1.5-million matching grant from Trinity Episcopal Church in New York.

Although begun with Episcopal and Anglican church help, Borsch described the new press as "free of ecclesiastical control yet sympathetic and supportive of denominational theology and character."

Bishop Frederick A. Borsch / Los Angeles Times