Anthony Wayne Hash was born at Langley Air Force Base in Hampton, Virginia, and was raised in Roanoke, Virginia, where he was active at St. Andrew's Roman Catholic Church. After attending a local community college, he entered the Benedictine Order, studying subsequently at St. Mary’s Seminary in Cortez, Colorado. He received his Master of Divinity degree in 1997 from Sanctus Theological Institute, which later awarded him an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree for his work in education and the Independent Sacramental Movement.

Ordained to the diaconate in 1993 by the Most Reverend Thomas Clary, Bishop Hash founded Saint Nicholas Giver of Gifts Parish and was a co-founder of the Healing Light Center in Roanoke, now known as the Lifestream Center. Ordained to the priesthood in June of 1994 by the Most Reverend Catherine Adams, of New York, Bishop Hash held many posts in the Church, including Assistant to the Bishop, leading in June of 1995 to his consecration as bishop, also by Bishop Adams. Her co-consecrators were the Most Reverend Thomas Clary and the Most Reverend Carl Purvenas-Smith.

In the Roanoke Valley area, Bishop Hash worked in the field of HIV/AIDS prevention, opening The Mustard Seed, an emergency food pantry for HIV-positive people. In 2000, after a hate-crime killing of a gay man and the wounding of six others in a Roanoke bar by the mentally deranged Ronald Gay, Bishop Hash was among the leaders who organized prayer vigils and protests, working tirelessly for the Hate-Free Roanoke Task Force. In New York City, Bishop Hash volunteered briefly at Ground Zero in the weeks after 9/11, praying with and providing Reiki treatments to rescue workers and first responders.

On July 1, 2002, Bishop Hash, with several other clergy across the Southeast, formed The United American Catholic Church. At the first Synod of the new jurisdiction, Bishop Hash was elected as the first Presiding Bishop and was later named Archbishop. His local parish—to honor the Bishop's elevation to Archbishop and in recognition of his new jurisdiction—changed its name to Christ the Good Shepherd.

Bishop Hash has had a long career at the forefront of the Independent Catholic Movement, leading his jurisdiction to be one of the first—if not the first—to approve the Sacramentality of Same-Sex Marriage. He also approved the tithing to the poor and needy of ten percent of all Church income and extended a warm “welcome back to ministry” to former Roman Catholic priests who had left the church in order to marry. A Benedictine monk in solemn vows, Bishop Hash serves as Prior of the Contemporary Benedictines of Peace for the United American Catholic Church.

Since 2005, the Bishop has lived in Virginia Beach, Virginia, where he founded Saint Joan of Arc, a local parish under the United American Catholic Church umbrella. Bishop Hash's other activities include volunteering at several retirement facilities and participating in historical re-enactments for the Virginia Beach Historical Society. The Bishop is also a wedding officiant and a public speaker, campaigning against bullying and violence in our schools.