Arthur Anton Vogel (February 24, 1924 – March 6, 2012) was an American author and prelate who was the fifth bishop of the

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Biography

Vogel was born in

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, on February 24, 1924, son of Arthur Louis Vogel and Gladys Eirene Larson. He was educated at the University of the South between 1942 and 1943 and Carroll University in Waukesha, WI from 1943 until 1944. He then studied at

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Theological Seminary, and graduated with a

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in 1946. Later he also attended the

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, where he earned a

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in 1948. He also graduated with a

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from

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in 1952. He was also awarded a number of honorary doctorates: Doctor of Sacred Theology from General Theological Seminary in 1969; Doctor of Civil Law from

in 1969; and a

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from the University of the South in 1971.

Ordained ministry

Vogel was ordained deacon in February 1946 and priest in February 1948 by Bishop Benjamin F. P. Ivins of Milwaukee. He served his diaconate and initial months as a priest as curate at St Mark's Church in

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, until he became a teaching assistant of philosophy at

in 1949. In 1950 he became an instructor at

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and retained the post until his appointment as rector of St John Chrysostom Church in

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, where he remained until 1957. Concurrent with this position, he was Professor of Philosophical and Systematic Theology at Nashotah House from 1952 to 1971. He was also sub-dean of

from 1964 until 1971.

Episcopacy

At a special election held on December 6, 1970, Vogel was elected Coadjutor Bishop of the Diocese of West Missouri on the first ballot. He was consecrated by Presiding Bishop

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on May 25, 1971. On January 1, 1973, he succeeded as diocesan bishop and remained in office until his retirement in 1989. During his ministry as a priest, and later as bishop, he was involved in the Anglican-Roman Catholic Consultation and worked tirelessly for ecumenism. Vogel died on March 6, 2012, in

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. On August 16, 1976, Vogel offered the invocation at the opening of the

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in Kansas City, Missouri.

Publications (selected)

*1959: ''Reality, Reason and Religion''. New York: Longmans *1963: ''The Christian Person''. New York: Seabury Press *1966: ''The next Christian epoch''. New York: Harper & Row *1968: ''Is the Last Supper finished? secular light on a sacred meal''. New York: Sheed and Ward *1973: ''Body theology; God's presence in man's world''. New York: Harper & Row *1976: ''The Power of His Resurrection: the mystical life of Christians''. New York: Seabury Press *1982: ''Jesus Prayer for Today''. New Jersey: Paulist *1984 (as editor): ''Theology in Anglicanism'', "The Anglican Studies Series". Wilton, Connecticut: Morehouse Barlow *1989: ''I Know God Better Than I Know Myself''. New York: Bloomsbury *1992: ''Christ in His Time and Ours''. New York: Sheed and Ward *1995: ''God, Prayer, and Healing: Living With God in a World Like Ours''. Michigan: Eerdmans *1995: ''Radical Christianity and the Flesh of Jesus''. Michigan: Eerdmans"Arthur Anton Vogel (1924–2012)"
''Library thing''. Retrieved on August 7, 2022.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vogel, Arthur Anton 1924 births 2012 deaths Religious leaders from Milwaukee Harvard University alumni University of Chicago alumni Nashotah House alumni Nashotah House faculty Writers from Missouri Writers from Milwaukee 20th-century American Episcopalians Episcopal bishops of West Missouri