Anson Phelps Stokes, the 3rd (January 11, 1905 - November 7, 1986) was the eleventh
bishop
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of the
Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts in
Boston
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,
from 1956 to 1970.
Biography
He was the son of
Anson Phelps Stokes and grandson of
Anson Phelps Stokes of
Phelps Dodge. An alumnus of
St. Paul's School (Concord, New Hampshire)
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, he received a BA from
Yale
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in 1927, a BD from the Episcopal Theological School (now the
Episcopal Divinity School), a DD from
Kenyon College
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and later degrees from
Columbia
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,
Berkeley Divinity School
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, and
Suffolk University
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. He was ordained deacon in 1932 and priest on March 19, 1933 in
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Australia
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,
Shreveport, Louisiana
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.
He was married to Hope Procter of the family which founded
Procter & Gamble
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.
References
Web page about the three Anson Phelps Stokes
* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20081018002159/http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_71387_ENG_HTM.htm Episcopal Church Obituary of Hope Procter widow of Rt. Rev. Anson Phelps Stokes
1905 births
1986 deaths
Episcopal Divinity School alumni
Kenyon College alumni
Episcopal bishops of Massachusetts
Yale Divinity School alumni
20th-century American Episcopalians
20th-century American clergy
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