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John Bowen Coburn
John Bowen Coburn (September 27, 1914 – August 8, 2009) was bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts from 1976 to 1986. Early life and education Coburn was born on September 27, 1914, in Danbury, Connecticut, the son of the Reverend Aaron Cutler Coburn and Eugenia Bowen Woolfolk. He studied at Wooster School, a school founded by his father and graduated in 1931. Later he studied at Princeton University from where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in politics in 1936. Between 1936 and 1939, he taught English and Biology at Robert College in Istanbul, Turkey. After that he studied at the Union Theological Seminary from where he earned his Bachelor of Divinity in 1942. He was awarded a total of ten Doctor of Divinity from different universities, a Doctor of Sacred Theology from Berkeley College in 1958 and a Doctor of Canon Law from Kenyon College and General Theological Seminary in 1968. Ordained ministry Coburn was ordained deacon on January 3, 1943, by Bish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Bishops In The Episcopal Diocese Of Massachusetts
{{short description, None The Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts is one of the nine original Dioceses of the Episcopal Church in the United States, officially organised in 1784, five years before the Episcopal Church itself, its first bishop was consecrated in 1797. Bishops # Edward Bass, (1797–1803) # Samuel Parker, (1804–1804) # Alexander Viets Griswold, (1811–1843) (fifth presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church) # Manton Eastburn, (Coadjutor, 1842; Diocesan, 1843–1872) # Benjamin Henry Paddock, (1873–1891) # Phillips Brooks, (1891–1893) # William Lawrence, (1893–1927) # Charles Lewis Slattery, (Coadjutor, 1922; Diocesan, 1927–1930) # Henry Knox Sherrill, (1930–1947) (20th presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church) # Norman Burdett Nash, (Coadjutor, 1947; Diocesan, 1947–1956) # Anson Phelps Stokes, III, (Coadjutor, 1954; Diocesan, 1956–1970) # John Melville Burgess, (Suffragan, 1962–1969; Coadjutor, 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |