Edward Lewis Lee Jr. (born 1934) is an

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prelate of the Episcopal Church who served as the seventh Bishop of Western Michigan between 1989 and 2002.

Early life

Lee was born in 1934 in

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. He graduated from

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with a Bachelor of Arts in 1956. He then studied at the General Theological Seminary, graduating in 1959 with a

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. He was ordained deacon on May 9, 1959 by Bishop

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of Pennsylvania, and priest on November 14, 1959 by Bishop J. Gillespie Armstrong Suffragan of Pennsylvania.

Career

Between 1959 and 1964, he served as curate at the Church of the Holy Trinity in Philadelphia. In 1964 he became the Episcopal Advisor of the University Christian Movement of Temple University, retaining the post till 1973. He also served as Sunday and pastoral assistant at the Church of the Annunciation in Philadelphia, parish consultant at St. Peter's Episcopal Church of Germantown, and lecturer in homiletics at the Philadelphia Divinity School. Between 1970 and 1973, he also served as the national chairperson of the Episcopal Peace Fellowship and between 1973 and 1982, Lee was rector of St James' Church in Florence, Italy. He also served as a deputy to General Convention representing the

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, in 1976 and 1979. In 1982, he became rector of St John's Church, in Washington, D.C., where he served until 1989.

Bishop

Lee was elected Bishop of Western Michigan on June 3, 1989 in the Cathedral Church of Christ the King, and consecrated on October 7, 1989."Interview with the Right Reverend Edward L. Lee Jr. by Clark Groome, Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania Oral History Project, Merion Station, Pennsylvania."
''Diocese of Pennsylvania'', 8 March 2016. Retrieved on 9 January 2021. He retired on July 1, 2002, and later served as Assisting Bishop in the

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until 2017.

References

Episcopal bishops of Western Michigan 1934 births Living people Brown University alumni General Theological Seminary alumni People from Montgomery County, Pennsylvania {{US-Anglican-bishop-stub