Dr [Alastair] Redfern said the topic of homosexuality came up a number of times during the conference and that it was decided more discussion was needed before any decisions were made.
But the conference had not changed his views.
He said: “The American church has consecrated as a bishop its first practising homosexual.
“I think it’s wrong and it’s wrong in the view of most of the people at the conference.
“We expect the highest standards of people in this position.”
The bishop said this did not mean he and his fellow bishops were condemnatory of homosexuality.
He said: “Just as we say to any unmarried person that you should get married before you have sex, we say the same to homosexuals.
“The teaching of our church is that sexual activity belongs in marriage between men and women, and I hold by that.”