Frederick Deane Goodwin (November 5, 1888 – January 13, 1968) was bishop of the
Episcopal Diocese of Virginia, serving from 1944 to 1960. He served as coadjutor from 1930 to 1944.
Biography
Goodwin was born on November 5, 1888, in
Cismont, Virginia
Cismont is an unincorporated community in Albemarle County, Virginia.
Castle Hill and Grace Episcopal Church are listed the National Register of Historic Places.
Zion Hill Baptist is a historically Black Church in Cismont. In December 1974, D ...
. He attended Episcopal High School, The
College of William and Mary, and the
Virginia Theological Seminary, from where he graduated in 1917. During the same year he was ordained deacon. Prior to his election as coadjutor bishop of Virginia, he served as rector of Cople, Lunenburg and North Farnham in
Virginia.
On May 22, 1930, he was elected coadjutor Bishop of Virginia. He was elected on the first ballot at the 135th annual council of the diocese. He was consecrated bishop on October 16, 1930, by
Henry St. George Tucker Henry St. George Tucker may refer to:
* Henry St George Tucker (financier) (1771–1851), Bermudian financier and official of the East India Company
* Henry St. George Tucker Sr. (1780–1848), U.S. representative from Virginia
* Henry St. George ...
, Bishop of Virginia and future Presiding Bishop. He succeeded as diocesan bishop on January 1, 1944, upon the resignation of Bishop Tucker. He served in that post until 1960 when he reached the mandatory age of retirement. He died on January 13, 1968, in
Wheeling, West Virginia after a long illness.
"Bishop Goodwin dies"
''The Living Church'', New York, 04 February 1968. Retrieved on 07 October 2018.
Goodwin was married to Blanche who died in 1955 and had 3 children.
References
External links
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Genealogical database
1888 births
1968 deaths
20th-century American Episcopalians
Episcopal bishops of Virginia
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