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Albert Arthur Chambers
Albert Arthur Chambers (June 22, 1906 – June 18, 1993) was the seventh bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Springfield, serving from 1962 to 1972. He then retired in part because he opposed revising the Book of Common Prayer and ordaining women as priests, which would be expressly authorized by the General Convention in 1976. Chambers ultimately left the Anglican Communion and acted, briefly, as primate of the Anglican Church in North America (Episcopal), later renamed the Anglican Catholic Church. Early and family life Chambers was born in Cleveland, Ohio to Arthur Samuel Chambers and his wife, the former Eleanor Jenny Terbrack. He had a least one sister, who ultimately survived him. Educated at Hobart College, he received his B.A. in 1928, then prepared for ordination at the General Theological Seminary in New York, from which he graduated in 1932. He later received Divinity degrees from Hobart in 1957, GTS in 1961 and Nashotah House in 1963. He married the former Frances H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Episcopal Diocese Of Springfield
The Episcopal Diocese of Springfield is a diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. It is located in the state of Illinois and includes the area east of the Illinois River and south of the Counties of Woodford, Livingston, Ford, and Iroquois. The diocese was founded when the former Episcopal Diocese of Illinois split into three separate Dioceses (Springfield, Quincy, and Chicago) in 1877. On December 11, 2021, the Diocese elected the Very Rev. Brian K. Burgess of Woodbury, New Jersey to serve as the 12th Bishop of Springfield. Parishes * Albion, Illinois: St. John's *Alton, Illinois: St. Paul's *Belleville, Illinois: St. George's *Bloomington, Illinois: St. Matthew's *Cairo, Illinois: Redeemer *Carbondale, Illinois: St. Andrew's *Carlinville, Illinois: St. Paul's *Centralia, Illinois: St. John's *Champaign, Illinois: Emmanuel Memorial::Chapel of St. John the Divine *Danville, Illinois: Holy Trinity *Decatur, Illinois: St. John's *Edwardsville, Illino ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |