Albert Ervine Swift (July 1, 1915 - June 21, 2003) was a bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America.

Biography

Swift was born on July 1, 1915, in Claremore, Oklahoma, the son of Albert Aaron Swift and Margarette Anna Clarkson. he studied at the

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and later at the Episcopal Divinity School. After ordination, he became assistant secretary and acting executive of the Oversees department of the National Council. Later he also served as a faculty member of the

St. John's University, Shanghai St. John's University (SJU) was a Christian university in Shanghai. Founded in 1879 by American missionaries, it was one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in China, often regarded as the Harvard of China. After the founding of th ...

. He was also assistant priest at St Hilda's Refugee Camp in the

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. In 1948 he became rector of Trinity Church in

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in the

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and subsequently chaplain of St Luke's Hospital. He also served as acting dean of St Andrew's Theological Seminary in

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. In 1950 he was elected Bishop of Puerto Rico and was consecrated on May 3, 1951, by Presiding Bishop

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. He retained the post until his resignation on August 1, 1965, to give way for a native bishop to take charge. Bishop Swift assisted with the Confirmations and Ordinations in Puerto Rico until January 1967. He was also responsible, for a time, of the missionary district of

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. He also served as Assistant Bishop of Southeast Florida and rector of St Gregory's Church in

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. In 1974 he was appointed Bishop-in-Charge of the Convocation of American Churches in Europe, which post he commenced on July 1 of the same year.

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1915 births 2003 deaths People from Claremore, Oklahoma University of Oklahoma alumni Episcopal Divinity School alumni Academic staff of St. John's University, Shanghai 20th-century American Episcopalians American expatriate bishops American expatriates in the Philippines American expatriates in China Episcopal bishops of Puerto Rico 20th-century American clergy {{US-bishop-stub